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逃走

táozǒu

to run away; to escape

A person escaping through a doorway
Memory picture

Characters in this word

逃 táo

Strokes
9
Radical
辶 — to walk
Made of
辶 to walk 兆 omen
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

走 zǒu

Strokes
7
Radical
走 — to walk, to run, to flee
Made of
土 soil, earth 止 to stop, to halt
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 他逃走了。 Tā táozǒu le. He has run away.
  • 小狗逃走了。 Xiǎogǒu táozǒu le. The puppy has run off.
  • 别让他逃走。 Bié ràng tā táozǒu. Do not let him escape.

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