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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 run / to jog / (military) to march at the double
HSK 3
to flee from sth / to run away / to escape
HSK 5
to run
HSK 6
long-distance running
HSK 6
athletic track / track / runway (i.e. airstrip)
HSK 7-9
the starting line (of a race) / scratch line (in a relay race)
HSK 7-9
to play a small role
HSK 7-9
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
race (running) / to race (running)
HSK 7-9
rushing to stake one's claim in new markets (idiom)
to escape; to flee; to run away
to run up (pole vault, javelin, bowling etc) / approach / run-up / (aviation) takeoff run
synthetic athletics track / tartan track
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *跑* | 跑* | *跑
(of an animal) to paw (the ground)
(loanword) parkour
(Tw) (neologism) to go to a coffee shop
running style / racing technique
horse race / to ride a horse at a fast pace / (dialect) wet dream
middle distance race
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
to make a living as a traveling performer etc
to run around all over the place
jogging / to jog / to canter / a slow trot
to trot; to jog
to scare away
(coll.) to have diarrhea
running between bases (in baseball)
to make a journey for nothing
racecourse
to digress; to stray from the topic
to run like the wind / to rush / to gallop
to drive away / to force out / to repel
to be off-key or out of tune (while singing) (colloquial)
to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily / to bustle about
to jump the gun / to make a false start
to vote against the party line / to vote contrary to one's promise
stopwatch
to run errands
to run errands
cross-country running
electrical leakage
100-meter dash
to lose flavor
running shoes
to start running / the start of a race
relay race
(dialect) to live as a bachelor / bachelor
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
sprint (race)
to talk without thinking / to drivel
to run for shelter
waiter (old)
to work hectically / to be on the go / to run around attending to various tasks
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
treadmill / running machine
tabletop role-playing game
runner
to run out
to go everywhere / to scour (the whole town)
Happy Valley (suburb of Hong Kong)
(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)
supercar / abbr. for 超級跑車|超级跑车
to run away / to escape
racing skates (for ice-skating)
to take the lead in a race / to set the pace
runner
to race against time
shuttle run
(of a salesperson) to visit potential customers with the aim of selling products or services
to run off rebuffed / to fend off / (to fight off and make sb) run off
long-distance runner
cross country running
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
steeplechase (athletics)
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
to trot
(idiom) to have a glib tongue / to talk big
to go on an errand for nothing / to go on a wild-goose chase
sports coupé (car)
supercar / abbr. to 超跑
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
to scamper / to run around
to lose flavor
waiter
runner (in baseball)
to seek a government post through bribery or connections
to run away / to take to one's heels
absent-minded / one's mind is wandering
(finance) to outperform (the market); to outpace (inflation)
to travel on foot / (informal) to run off / to abscond
Paoma Mountain in Kangding 康定, Sichuan
horse racing track / racetrack
to run quickly / to rush / to gallop
runway (at airport)


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