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径直

jìngzhí

straight; directly

A person walks along a straight path toward a red door
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Characters in this word

径 jìng

Strokes
8
Radical
彳 — to step with the left foot
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 径

直 zhí

Strokes
8
Radical
目 — eye
Made of
十 ten, tenth 目 eye 一 one
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 会议一结束,负责人便径直走向记者区,主动说明事故原因。 Huìyì yì jiéshù, fùzérén biàn jìngzhí zǒuxiàng jìzhěqū, zhǔdòng shuōmíng shìgù yuányīn. As soon as the meeting ended, the person in charge went straight to the press area and voluntarily explained the cause of the accident.
  • 他一进门就径直走进了厨房。 Tā yí jìn mén jiù jìngzhí zǒu jìn le chúfáng. As soon as he came in, he went straight into the kitchen.
  • 下了车,她径直回家,没有去别的地方。 Xià le chē, tā jìngzhí huí jiā, méiyǒu qù bié de dìfang. After getting off the bus, she went straight home and did not go anywhere else.

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