奔走 (bēn zǒu) — to run around spreading news (in 奔走相告); to go about lobbying/soliciting (for a job, position, or cause)

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• 消息一传开，人们立即奔走相告。
  Xiāo xi yì chuán kāi, rén men lì jí bēn zǒu xiāng gào.
  As soon as the news spread, people immediately started running around telling each other.
• 他为这个项目四处奔走，终于筹到了资金。
  Tā wèi zhè ge xiàng mù sì chù bēn zǒu, zhōng yú chóu dào le zī jīn.
  He went around lobbying for this project and finally raised the funds.
• 为了找到工作，他整天在人才市场奔走。
  Wèi le zhǎo dào gōng zuò, tā zhěng tiān zài rén cái shì chǎng bēn zǒu.
  To find a job, he spent the whole day rushing around at the job market.

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