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奔驰

bēnchí

to gallop; to speed along

A horse with a flowing mane gallops across a plain
Memory picture

Characters in this word

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

驰 chí

Strokes
6
Radical
马 — horse
Made of
马 horse 也 also, too
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 驰

Example phrases

  • 草原上几匹骏马迎着风奔驰,扬起一片尘土。 Cǎoyuán shàng jǐ pǐ jùnmǎ yíng zhe fēng bēnchí, yáng qǐ yí piàn chéntǔ. Several fine horses galloped into the wind across the grassland, raising a cloud of dust.
  • 火车在原野上飞快地奔驰,窗外的树一棵棵向后退。 Huǒchē zài yuányě shang fēikuài de bēnchí, chuāngwài de shù yì kē kē xiàng hòu tuì. The train speeds across the open country, and the trees outside the window fall away one by one.
  • 孩子梦想长大后骑着骏马在草原上奔驰。 Háizi mèngxiǎng zhǎngdà hòu qí zhe jùnmǎ zài cǎoyuán shang bēnchí. The child dreams of riding a fine horse across the grassland when he grows up.

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