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奔

Mandarin · pinyin bēn#

to hurry
to rush
to run quickly
to elope

Mandarin · pinyin bèn#

to go to
to head for
towards
Taiwan pr. bēn

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奔: bēn · run fast, flee; rush about; run

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1 · ben1

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ban1 · ban3

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character

to run fast; to rush about
to flee; to escape
to marry without the preliminary formalities
rapid; hurried; hasty
(Northern Wu, Yangzhounese) to run
a surname

character

to go straight to; to head for; to head towards
to spare no effort; to strive
(of age) to be getting on for

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