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跑來跑去pǎo lái pǎo qùto scamper; to run around跑了和尚,跑不了寺pǎo le hé shàng , pǎo bù liǎo sìthe monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom); you can run this time, but you'll have to come back; I'll get you sooner or later跑了和尚跑不了廟pǎo le hé shàng pǎo bù liǎo miàothe monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom); you can run this time, but you'll have to come back; I'll get you sooner or later; also written 跑得了和尚,跑不了廟|跑得了和尚,跑不了庙[pao3 de2 liao3 he2 shang4 , pao3 bu4 liao3 miao4]跑壘pǎo lěirunning between bases (in baseball)跑壘員pǎo lěi yuánrunner (in baseball)拋離pāo líto desert; to leave; to forsake拋臉pāo liǎnto lose face; humiliation炮煉páo liànto parch and refine medicinal herbs跑龍套pǎo lóng tàoto play a small role跑路pǎo lùto run; to go somewhere on foot; (coll.) to abscond; to run off (esp. to evade debts or legal trouble)炮烙páo luòform of torture said to have been used by King Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 Wang2] in which the victim was forced onto a bronze pillar heated by a fire跑馬pǎo mǎhorse race; to ride a horse at a fast pace; (dialect) wet dream跑馬場pǎo mǎ chǎngracecourse跑馬燈pǎo mǎ dēnglantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节[Yuan2 xiao1 jie2]; chaser lights; self-scrolling horizontal text display, such as a news ticker跑馬地Pǎo mǎ dìHappy Valley (suburb of Hong Kong)拋錨pāo máoto drop anchor; (fig.) (of a car etc) to break down跑馬圈地pǎo mǎ quān dìrushing to stake one's claim in new markets (idiom)跑馬山Pǎo mǎ ShānPaoma Mountain in Kangding 康定[Kang1 ding4], Sichuan跑馬廳pǎo mǎ tīnghorse racing track; racetrack拋媚眼pāo mèi yǎnto throw amorous or flirtatious glances at sb (esp. of a woman)泡棉pào miánfoam (material)泡麵pào miàninstant noodles; (Tw) pirated software泡沫pào mòfoam; (soap) bubble; (economic) bubble泡饃pào mómeat and bread soup (a specialty of Shaanxi cuisine)泡蘑菇pào mó guto procrastinate; to shilly-shally and waste time泡沫經濟pào mò jīng jìbubble economy泡沫塑料pào mò sù liàostyrofoam泡妞pào niūto pick up girls; to play around with girls; to chase after girls泡泡pào paobubbles跑跑顛顛pǎo pǎo diān diānto work hectically; to be on the go; to run around attending to various tasks泡泡果pào pào guǒpawpaw (Asimina triloba)泡泡口香糖pào pào kǒu xiāng tángbubble-gum泡泡紗pào pào shāseersucker (cotton cloth with pattern of dimples)泡泡糖pào pào tángbubble gum泡泡襪pào pao wàloose socks; baggy socks泡泡浴pào pào yùbubble bath泡泡浴露pào pào yù lùbubble bath lotion跑票pǎo piàoto vote against the party line; to vote contrary to one's promise拋棄pāo qìto abandon; to discard; to renounce; to dump (sb)炮釺pào qiāna drill; a hammer drill for boring through rock; same as 釺子|钎子拋妻棄子pāo qī qì zǐto abandon one's wife and child(ren)拋卻pāo quèto discard炮兒局pào r júpolice station (Beijing slang)拋撒pāo sǎto sprinkle拋灑pāo sǎto drip; to flow out; to sprinkle拋散pāo sànto scatter; to disperse拋射pāo shèto throw; to shoot拋生藕pāo shēng ǒu(Cantonese) (of a woman) to direct a coquettish look, comment or gesture at a guy跑神兒pǎo shén rabsent-minded; one's mind is wandering拋射體pāo shè tǐprojectile拋射物pāo shè wùprojectile拋屍pāo shī(of a murderer) to dump a body拋售pāo shòuto dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home)砲手pào shǒugunner; artillery crew泡水pào shuǐto infuse; to soak in water炮塔pào tǎgun turret砲臺pào táifort; battery泡湯pào tāng(coll.) to fizzle out; to come to nothing; to dawdle; to stall; (Tw) to have a soak in a hot spring bath跑堂pǎo tángwaiter (old)跑堂兒的pǎo táng r dewaiter泡騰pào téngto bubble; to fizz; to effervesce泡騰片pào téng piàneffervescent tablet拋體pāo tǐprojectile跑題pǎo títo digress; to stray from the topic