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离开

líkāi

to leave

A person walking away from a doorway
Memory picture

Characters in this word

离 lí

Strokes
10
Radical
禸 — rump
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

开 kāi

Strokes
4
Radical
廾 — two hands
Made of
一 one 廾 two hands
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 我想离开这里。 Wǒ xiǎng líkāi zhè lǐ. I want to leave here.
  • 他明天离开。 Tā míngtiān líkāi. He leaves tomorrow.
  • 别离开我。 Bié líkāi wǒ. Do not leave me.

Related words

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