走近 (zǒu jìn) — to approach; to step closer to

Definition

Examples

• 请走近一点，我听不见。
  Qǐng zǒu jìn yì diǎn, wǒ tīng bú jiàn.
  Please come a little closer, I can't hear you.
• 他慢慢走近那幅画，仔细看了很久。
  Tā màn màn zǒu jìn nà fú huà, zǐ xì kàn le hěn jiǔ.
  He slowly approached the painting and looked at it carefully for a long time.
• 走近当地人的生活，才能真正了解他们的文化。
  zǒu jìn Dāng dì rén de shēng huó, cái néng zhēn zhèng liǎo jiě tā men de wén huà.
  Only by approaching the local people's lives can you truly understand their culture.

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