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HSK
in a row / in succession / running
HSK 7-9
to count steps taken while walking or running
running water; tap water
HSK 6
long-distance running
HSK 6
amateur pirated DVD, made e.g. by shooting a running movie
(sports) (coll.) sweeper (in a running event)
(Chinese martial arts) the art of agile movement such as leaping, wall-running or gliding through the air (exaggerated in wuxia stories)
to explain (verbally); to give a running commentary
HSK 6
running as fast as flying
hardworking and thrifty in running one's household
running between bases (in baseball)
the Bund, a waterfront promenade in central Shanghai, running along the western bank of the Huangpu River
race (running) / to race (running)
HSK 7-9
to go round and round / running around in circles / fig. frantically busy
to hang up (a phone) / to leave a computer etc running (idling, downloading, or playing a game in one's stead etc)
to start running / the start of a race
to calculate the running total / cumulative / the total / in total
HSK 7-9
noose / running knot
malpractice / long-running abuse
day after day / for several days running
running water / (business) turnover
HSK 7-9
(loanword) pace (when running)
hunting dog / hound / (fig.) running dog / lackey
operating method / running mode
cross-country running
(palmistry) fate line; career prospects line (running vertically up the palm to the base of the middle finger) / (slang) cleavage
Hexi Corridor (or Gansu Corridor), a string of oases running the length of Gansu, forming part of the Northern Silk Road
election assistant / running mate
operational state / running state
Hash House Harriers (international running club)
running in opposite direction (buses, trains, ferries etc)
running / operation (of airport, bus service, business etc)
continuous / on and on / running
running script; semicursive script (Chinese calligraphic style)
(of trains, buses or ferries etc) to stop running (temporarily or permanently)
treadmill / running machine
course of events; process / (computing) process (a running instance of a program)
HSK 7-9
flying needle and running seam (idiom); skillful needlework
to crush sth by running over it
cross country running
election partner / running mate
hawks and hounds / (fig.) running dogs / hired thugs
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  *亘* | 亘* | *亘
extending all the way across / running all the way through
running of armed forces / military management / to govern armed forces / to direct troops
lit. reins together and carriages level (idiom); keeping exactly abreast of one another / running neck and neck
(sports) pacemaker; pacesetter (in long-distance running)
to stop running (of flight of shipping service) / to suspend service (flight, sailing) / to interrupt schedule
running style / racing technique
running shoes
to puff hard (e.g. after running)
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  *纣* | 纣* | *纣
crupper (harness strap running over a horse's hindquarters and under its tail)
(finance) "rat trading", a form of front-running in which a fund manager secretly builds a position in a security at low prices using personal funds, then uses public funds to drive up the price
to have running water (in a house etc)


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