冒着 – vocab dash

冒着màozhe

Meanings

1. to brave

2. to face dangers

Characters used

冒to brave 着to make a move

Examples5

他tā冒着màozhe失去shīqù所有suǒyǒu财产cáichǎn的de危险wēixiǎn。

He risked losing all his fortune.

我们wǒmen别无选择biéwúxuǎnzé只能zhǐnéng冒着màozhe危险wēixiǎn。

We have no choice but to risk it.

他们tāmen冒着màozhe倾盆大雨qīngpéndàyǔ出发chūfā了le。

They started in spite of the heavy rain.

他tā冒着màozhe生命危险shēngmìngwēixiǎn救jiù了le那nuó条tiáo狗gǒu。

He rescued the dog at the risk of his own life.

就jiù在zài我们wǒmen今晚jīnwǎn站zhàn在zài这里zhèlǐ的de时刻shíkè，我们wǒmen知道zhīdào勇敢yǒnggǎn的de美国Měiguó士兵shìbīng在zài伊拉克Yīlākè的de沙漠shāmò里lǐ和hé阿富汗Āfùhàn的de群山qúnshān中zhōng醒来xǐnglái，他们tāmen冒着màozhe生命危险shēngmìngwēixiǎn来lái保护bǎohù着zhe我们wǒmen的de生命shēngmìng。

Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan, to risk their lives for us.