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  *走* | 走* | *走
to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走) / to change (shape, form, meaning)
HSK 1
to take away
HSK 6
to get off the main topic / to digress
to go (of car, train etc) / to drive off
out of shape / to lose shape / to deform
to fly high and run far (idiom); to leave in a hurry for a distance place
to slip away / to leave secretly
man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom) / one should constantly strive to make progress
to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily / to bustle about / to hopscotch / also 東跑西顛|东跑西颠
HSK 7-9
a person who regularly walks by the river cannot avoid getting their shoes wet (proverb) / (fig.) it comes with the territory (e.g. a person with the power to grant favors will inevitably succumb to temptation and take a bribe)
lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom) / fig. to stick to one's ways / to cling to one's course
to walk; to go on foot / to leave; to depart / (informal) to clear off; to beat it / (of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job; to get out
HSK 1
to stick to one's ways / to cling to one's course
to get round fast / to spread like wildfire
direction / strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology) / inclination / trend / to move towards / to head for
of the thirty-six stratagems, the best option is to flee (idiom) / the best thing to do is leave
to be at an impasse (idiom) / in a tight spot / at the end of one's rope / desperate
HSK 7-9
to leak (a secret) / to transpire
out of control / berserk / to go for a long walk
to go off accidentally / to catch fire
to run / to rush about / to be on the go
walking corpse (idiom) / zombie / person who lives only on the material level
to go the wrong way / to take the wrong (road, exit etc)
to escape / to flee / to run away
HSK 5
to spread the news (idiom)
to leave home / to go off / to run away
HSK 7-9
to go downhill / to decline / to slump
before leaving / on departure
to swim away
nowhere to go / at the end of one's tether
a slip of the tongue / to blurt out (a secret or stupid mistake)
to wander about / to roam / to move back and forth between (government and academia, two or more countries etc) / to flow through (a circuit, a network, the body) / to skirt (the border of legality) / (of a singer's voice) to move within its range / (of a stock price) to fluctuate within (a range)
to expose oneself / to be completely gone
lit. if you can't eat it all, you'll have to take it home (idiom) / fig. you'll have to take the consequences
to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc)
to remove / to take away
to travel extensively
(music) off-key; out of tune
to snatch away
to lose color / to fade
insider contacts / via private channels / to seek influence with sb via family members (possibly dishonest or underhand)
to drag away
to make an error of judgment / to be taken in
walking race (athletics event)
to lead (sb, or an animal) away / to collect (e.g. a child left in sb's care beforehand) / to take away
lit. when people leave, the tea cools (idiom) / fig. when sb is no longer in a position of power, others cease to care about him
a fashion show / to walk the runway (in a fashion show)
on the aisle (referring to seats on a plane etc)
Stay a bit! / Wait a minute! / (to a departing guest) Take care!
to retire / to remove / to withdraw / to evacuate
to leave
to have luck with the ladies (idiom)
(idiom) birds and animals
to arrest
hunting dog / hound / (fig.) running dog / lackey
to carry; to take away
lit. flower viewing from horseback (idiom); fig. superficial understanding from cursory observation / to make a quick judgment based on inadequate information
lit. flower viewing from horseback (idiom); a fleeting glance in passing / fig. superficial understanding from cursory observation / to make a quick judgment based on inadequate information
to scamper / to scurry
(four-footed) animal / beast
out of tune / off-key
to oppose smuggling / anti-contraband (measures, policy etc)
to carry
to hustle sb away
to flush away
corridor / aisle / hallway / passageway / veranda
HSK 7-9
a move (in chess)
to avoid a problem by walking away from it / to quit
to drive out / to oust
Hexi Corridor (or Gansu Corridor), a string of oases running the length of Gansu, forming part of the Northern Silk Road
pawn (i.e. foot soldier) / servant / lackey (of malefactor)
to have good luck; to be in luck
to go through the motions
HSK 7-9
lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节 / (fig.) revolving door; musical chairs (metaphor for people being shuffled around into different jobs)
unlicensed street vendor
hard to get to / difficult to travel (i.e. the road is bad)
walk a hundred steps after each meal and you will live a long life (proverb)
to steal (sb's heart)
to snatch (esp related to a robbery)
to walk around; to move about; to stretch one's legs; to go for a walk / to be mobile (e.g. after an illness) / to visit one another; to socialize / to pay a visit (go to the toilet)
(lit.) to enter through the back door / (fig.) to pull strings; to use connections / (fig.) (slang) to have anal sex
HSK 7-9
to wander off / to stray / to get lost
absent-minded / one's mind is wandering
cock-fighting and horse-racing (idiom); to gamble
to abduct / to kidnap
to walk
HSK 7-9
(coll.) to leave; to beat it
to take an indirect route / to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method
HSK 7-9
to visit / to travel to
to take a risk out of desperation (idiom)
to experience good luck
to divulge secrets
to enter; to step into
HSK 2
to leave first (courteous expression used to excuse oneself) / (euphemism) to predecease; to die first (e.g. before one's spouse)
to turn on one's heels / to walk away abruptly
to leave; to walk away; to beat it / to move aside
HSK 2

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