"To penetrate" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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渗透	shèn tòu	(lit. and fig.) to permeate / to seep into / (of a product, idea etc) to penetrate (in a population) / (of hostile forces) to infiltrate / (chemistry) osmosis
穿	chuān	to wear / to put on / to dress / to bore through / to pierce / to perforate / to penetrate / to pass through / to thread
透过	tòu guò	to pass through / to penetrate / by means of / via
穿透	chuān tòu	to penetrate
切入	qiē rù	to cut into / to penetrate deeply into (a topic, area etc) / (sports) (soccer etc) to penetrate (the defenses of the opposing team) / (cinema) to cut (to the next scene)
识破	shí pò	to penetrate / to see through
洞穿	dòng chuān	to penetrate / to pierce / to see clearly / to have an insight into
透	tòu	(bound form) to penetrate / to seep through / to tell secretly / to leak / thoroughly / through and through / to appear / to show
参透	cān tòu	to fully grasp / to penetrate
侵彻	qīn chè	(of a projectile) to penetrate (armor etc)
打入	dǎ rù	to penetrate / to break into (a market, social group etc) / to infiltrate (enemy ranks etc) / to banish to / to relegate to / to insert / to inject / to crack (an egg) into (a bowl etc)