| chè | thorough/penetrating/to pervade/to pass through |
| 彻 | thorough penetrating to pervade |
| 彻夜 | the whole night |
| 彻夜不眠 | to be sleepless all night |
| 彻夜工作 | to work all night |
| 彻头彻尾 | lit. from head to tail (idiom); thoroughgoing through and through out and out |
| 彻底 | thorough thoroughly complete |
| 彻底失败 | utter failure |
| 彻底改变 | about-face; about face |
| 彻底消灭 | utterly destroy |
| 彻底破产 | complete bankruptcy 2.in tatters |
| 彻悟 | fully aware to recognize fully |
| 彻查 | to investigate thoroughly |
| 彻西 | Chelsea, suburb of London Chelsea football club |
| 彻骨 | to the bone to the marrow fig. to a very large degree |
| 彻骨之寒 | biting cold |
| 彻骨铭心 | To be deeply engraved in one's memory. |