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奔

bèn

to head for; to go straight towards

A person with a coat in hand runs along a straight road
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Character

奔 bèn

Strokes
8
Radical
大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
Made of
大 big, great, vast, high, deep 卉 general term for plants
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 他一听说山里发生泥石流,立刻奔救援现场去了。 Tā yì tīngshuō shān lǐ fāshēng níshíliú, lìkè bèn jiùyuán xiànchǎng qù le. As soon as he heard that a mudslide had occurred in the mountains, he went straight to the rescue site.
  • 他拿起外套,直接奔车站去了。 Tā ná qǐ wàitào, zhíjiē bèn chēzhàn qù le. He grabbed his coat and headed straight for the station.
  • 咱们今天不去别处,直接奔那家新开的饭馆。 Zánmen jīntiān bú qù biéchù, zhíjiē bèn nà jiā xīn kāi de fànguǎn. We're not going anywhere else today; let's head straight to that newly opened restaurant.

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