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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 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 enter; to step into
HSK 2
to leave; to walk away; to beat it / to move aside
HSK 2
to walk past / to pass by
HSK 2
to be at an impasse (idiom) / in a tight spot / at the end of one's rope / desperate
HSK 7-9
to get off the main topic / to digress
out of shape / to lose shape / to deform
to smuggle / to have an illicit affair
HSK 6
direction / strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology) / inclination / trend / to move towards / to head for
corridor / aisle / hallway / passageway / veranda
HSK 7-9
to go through the motions
HSK 7-9
to leak (a secret) / to transpire
(lit.) to enter through the back door / (fig.) to pull strings; to use connections / (fig.) (slang) to have anal sex
HSK 7-9
to go off accidentally / to catch fire
to take an indirect route / to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method
HSK 7-9
to go the wrong way / to take the wrong (road, exit etc)
to approach / to draw near to
HSK 7-9
to go downhill / to decline / to slump
a slip of the tongue / to blurt out (a secret or stupid mistake)
to expose oneself / to be completely gone
to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc)
to travel extensively
(music) off-key; out of tune
to lose color / to fade
insider contacts / via private channels / to seek influence with sb via family members (possibly dishonest or underhand)
a fashion show / to walk the runway (in a fashion show)
to leave
to have luck with the ladies (idiom)
hunting dog / hound / (fig.) running dog / lackey
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
(four-footed) animal / beast
out of tune / off-key
a move (in chess)
pawn (i.e. foot soldier) / servant / lackey (of malefactor)
to have good luck; to be in luck
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
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)
to wander off / to stray / to get lost
absent-minded / one's mind is wandering
(coll.) to leave; to beat it
to visit / to travel to
to experience good luck
to divulge secrets
to make a round trip / a return journey
capitalist roader (person in power taking the capitalist road, a political label often pinned on cadres by the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution)
(neologism c. 2021) (slang) to illegally migrate (esp. from China to the U.S. via Latin America through high-risk routes) / a route of such illegal migration
(of a currency, price etc) to strengthen; to be on the rise
live betting / in-play wagering
to lose one's good looks
to go down / to decline
(a product) sells well / to be in demand
smuggled goods
tightrope walking
(lit. and fig.) to walk a tightrope
(of a wife) to visit one's parental home
landslide / avalanche / to take a walk in the mountains
(med) retractile testicle / infatuation inducing / pee inducing (of alcohol) / (neologism) to be sexually attracted / to have the hots for sb
pavement / sidewalk / path / walk / footpath / aisle
walkthrough (computing)
amateur performance (in theater)
to lose flavor
slacklining
to leak / to flow / to catch on fire
to be obsessed with sth; to go overboard / (Buddhism, Taoism) to misguidedly focus on hallucinations that arise during meditation
to visit one's friends and relatives
to take risks / to run risks
strike-slip fault (geology) / fault line where the two sides slide horizontally past one another
to wander off; to get lost
smuggled product / contraband / pirate product
lost / missing / to lose (sb in one's charge) / to get lost / to wander away / to lose (flavor, freshness, shape, hair, one's good looks etc) / to lose meaning (in translation)
to travel around the country (as itinerant peddler or entertainer)
to turn back / to backtrack / (fig.) to revert to the former way of doing things
(of a watch or clock) to keep time / (physics) propagation time / travel time (of a wave)
to use social connections / to toady to influential people
to lose shape / to deform
tendency / trend / path
(Cantonese) to miss out on sth valuable
a mistake / an oversight / an error of judgment
to walk into
to visit relatives
(idiom) to take office; to assume a post
to leak (information, secrets etc) / to smuggle and evade tax / to suffer shrinkage (partial loss of goods due to theft etc)
to be popular / to be in luck / to have good luck / to develop smoothly
to walk / to step / pace / traveling (walking with the ball, a foul in basketball)
to go to the brothel on horseback (idiom); to visit prostitutes
free-range chicken
to walk around the stage (to indicate scene changes)
(of a clock or watch) to run; to register time / (of a utility meter, odometer etc) to register; to advance; to click over
wait and see (who is right)
tightrope walking
out of shape / to lose shape / to deform
to go through the formalities
Ratitae (formerly Cursores) flightless birds such as ostriches
to attend school as a day student

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