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出走

chūzǒu

to run away; to leave home or one’s original place

A teenager with a backpack walks away from a house along a road
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Characters in this word

出 chū

Strokes
5
Radical
凵 — container
Made of
屮 sprout 凵 container
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

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

  • 少年一时冲动离家出走,直到深夜才被警方找到。 Shàonián yìshí chōngdòng lí jiā chūzǒu, zhídào shēnyè cái bèi jǐngfāng zhǎodào. The teenager ran away from home on impulse and was not found by the police until late at night.
  • 因为和家人吵了架,她一气之下出走了。 Yīnwèi hé jiārén chǎo le jià, tā yíqìzhīxià chūzǒu le. After an argument with her family, she left in a fit of anger.
  • 他年轻时出走他乡,十年后才回来。 Tā niánqīng shí chūzǒu tāxiāng, shí nián hòu cái huílái. In his youth he left for a distant place and only came back ten years later.

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