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離家出走

简离家出走 · 繁離家出走

Mandarin · pinyin lí jiā chū zǒu

to leave home (to live somewhere else)

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家: jiā · house, home, residence; family
出: chū · go out, send out; stand; produce
走: zǒu · walk, go on foot; run; leave; Kangxi radical 156
离: lí · rare beast; strange; elegant

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2–1–1–3 · li2 jia1 chu1 zou3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

lei4 gaa1 ceot1 zau2

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(idiomatic) to run away from home; to elope

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