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跑路

Mandarin · pinyin pǎo lù

to run; to go somewhere on foot; (coll.) to abscond; to run off (esp. to evade debts or legal trouble)

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跑: pǎo · run, flee, leave in hurry
路: lù · road, path, street; journey

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3–4 · pao3 lu4

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verb

to run away, abscond, flee or do a runner without caring others, leaving a mess, a dilemma or difficulties
(slang, colloquial) to quit from a field; to no longer work in an organisation, an institution or a department
to run an errand (for someone else)
to dash about; to rush about; to be busy socialising

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