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奔赴

bēnfù

to rush to; to go urgently to

Rescue workers in red vests run toward a van
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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

赴 fù

Strokes
9
Radical
走 — to walk, to run, to flee
Made of
走 to walk, to run, to flee 卜 divination, fortune-telling
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 医疗队连夜奔赴灾区,接管了最缺人手的临时医院。 Yīliáoduì liányè bēnfù zāiqū, jiēguǎn le zuì quē rénshǒu de línshí yīyuàn. The medical team rushed to the disaster area overnight and took over the temporary hospital that most lacked staff.
  • 消防员接到电话后,马上奔赴现场。 Xiāofángyuán jiēdào diànhuà hòu, mǎshàng bēnfù xiànchǎng. After receiving the call, the firefighters rushed to the scene at once.
  • 很多年轻人毕业后奔赴各地,开始自己的新生活。 Hěn duō niánqīngrén bìyè hòu bēnfù gèdì, kāishǐ zìjǐ de xīn shēnghuó. After graduation, many young people head off to all parts of the country to begin their new lives.

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