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走路

Mandarin · pinyin zǒu lù

to walk; to go on foot
to leave; to depart
(informal) to clear off; to beat it
(of sb who gets fired or resigns) to leave the job; to get out

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走: zǒu · walk, go on foot; run; leave; Kangxi radical 156
路: lù · road, path, street; journey

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3–4 · zou3 lu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

zau2 lou6

Cantonese word readings for 走路. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

(verb-object) to walk; to get somewhere by foot
(verb-object) to leave
(figurative) to leave a job; to be dismissed from a job

noun

(literary) escape route

verb

(archaic or Cantonese, Southern Min) to flee; to run away

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