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HSK
to run / to jog / (military) to march at the double
HSK 3
long-distance running
HSK 6
race (running) / to race (running)
HSK 7-9
to run
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *跑* | 跑* | *跑
to run / to run away / to escape / to run around (on errands etc) / (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate / (verb complement) away / off
HSK 1
to flee from sth / to run away / to escape
HSK 5
the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later
the starting line (of a race) / scratch line (in a relay race)
HSK 7-9
shuttle run
to go on an errand for nothing / to go on a wild-goose chase
to scare away
runner
supercar / abbr. for 超級跑車|超级跑车
racing bicycle; racing car; sports car / to drive a vehicle (such as a truck or taxi) for a living / (of a conductor or attendant) to work on a train / (mining) (of a cable-car) to slip away (in an accident)
HSK 7-9
to start running / the start of a race
treadmill / running machine
to play a small role
HSK 7-9
100-meter dash
jogging / to jog / to canter / a slow trot
middle distance race
to sneak off; to slip away / (sports) to jump the gun; to make a false start / (fig.) to jump the gun; to start doing sth before it's allowed / (of a movie, game etc) to be leaked before the official release
to make a journey for nothing
the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later
(loanword) parkour
to seek a government post through bribery or connections
sprint (race)
to trot
rushing to stake one's claim in new markets (idiom)
relay race
waiter (old)
to run up (pole vault, javelin, bowling etc) / approach / run-up / (aviation) takeoff run
cross-country running
to run away / to take to one's heels
to run out
to travel on foot / (informal) to run off / to abscond
tabletop role-playing game
running between bases (in baseball)
lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节 / chaser lights / self-scrolling horizontal text display, such as a news ticker
supercar / abbr. to 超跑
to be off-key or out of tune (while singing) (colloquial)
runway (at airport)
steeplechase (athletics)
to take the lead in a race / to set the pace
(idiom) to have a glib tongue / to talk big
to run away / to escape
to lose flavor
runner
to escape; to flee; to run away
to trot; to jog
to run around all over the place
to run off rebuffed / to fend off / (to fight off and make sb) run off
to jump the gun / to make a false start
to drive away / to force out / to repel
to vote against the party line / to vote contrary to one's promise
cross country running
(computing) to benchmark a computer, phone, CPU etc / (benchmark test) score / (sports) run (scoring unit in cricket) / to provide a channel for the transfer of illegally obtained funds (in return for a commission)
to run like the wind / to rush / to gallop
to lose flavor
(Tw) (neologism) to go to a coffee shop
synthetic athletics track / tartan track
to go everywhere / to scour (the whole town)
horse racing track / racetrack
long-distance runner
to run errands
electrical leakage
to make a living as a traveling performer etc
to work hectically / to be on the go / to run around attending to various tasks
to run errands
to run quickly / to rush / to gallop
to scamper / to run around
running style / racing technique
to digress; to stray from the topic
the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later / also written 跑得了和尚跑不了廟|跑得了和尚跑不了庙
to run for shelter
running shoes
Happy Valley (suburb of Hong Kong)
stopwatch
to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily / to bustle about
waiter
(finance) to outperform (the market); to outpace (inflation)
to race against time
(dialect) to live as a bachelor / bachelor
absent-minded / one's mind is wandering
racing skates (for ice-skating)
athletic track / track / runway (i.e. airstrip)
HSK 7-9
(coll.) to have diarrhea
to talk without thinking / to drivel
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *跑* | 跑* | *跑
(of an animal) to paw (the ground)
racecourse
lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom) / fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too
horse race / to ride a horse at a fast pace / (dialect) wet dream
runner (in baseball)
(of a salesperson) to visit potential customers with the aim of selling products or services
sports coupé (car)
Paoma Mountain in Kangding 康定, Sichuan


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