奔逃 (bēn táo) — flee, run away

Definition

verb
fleerun away

Examples

  • ，奔逃。
    Tīng dào jǐng bào hòu, tā men lì jí bēn táo.
    After hearing the alarm, they immediately fled.
  • ，奔逃。
    Kàn dào wēi xiǎn, dòng wù men kāi shǐ bēn táo.
    Seeing danger, the animals began to flee.
  • ，奔逃。
    Zài zāi nàn miàn qián, bēn táo shì zuì běn néng de xuǎn zé.
    In the face of disaster, fleeing is the most instinctive choice.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

奔bēnrun
逃táoflee

奔 and 逃 both express running away; together they mean flee.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

奔 combines 人 (person) and 止 (foot), giving the picture of a person moving on foot.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuòwalk
Sound part声符shēngfú
兆
兆zhào逃táo
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

逃 pairs 辶 (walk) with 兆, which gives the pronunciation.

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