🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

逃跑

Pronunciation / Transliteration: táo pǎo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Flee/fliː/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"居民们被迫逃离家园。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To run away from a place or situation of danger.

    "Many families had to flee their homes as the conflict escalated."
  2. 2

    To move swiftly away; to vanish or disappear rapidly.

    "His fears began to flee when he realized he was safe."

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Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English 'flēon', meaning to run away, escape, or vanish, tracing back to Proto-Germanic '*fleuhaną'. Historically, it has maintained its core sense of rapidly escaping from danger or pursuit across centuries of Germanic language development.

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