走出

Mandarin · pinyin zǒu chū

Meanings

  1. to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc)
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走
zǒu · walk, go on foot; run; leave; Kangxi radical 156
出
chū · go out, send out; stand; produce
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3–1 · zou3 chu1

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verb

  1. (literally, figuratively) to walk out; to go out; to come out; to walk out

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