奔波
bēn bō
Pinyin

Definition

奔波
 - 
bēn bō
  1. to rush about
  2. to be constantly on the move

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

奔
bēn
  1. 1 to hurry
  2. 2 to rush
  3. 3 to run quickly
  4. 4 to elope
奔放
bēn fàng
  1. 1 bold and unrestrained
  2. 2 untrammeled
奔波
bēn bō
  1. 1 to rush about
  2. 2 to be constantly on the move
奔跑
bēn pǎo
  1. 1 to run
奔腾
Bēn téng
  1. 1 Pentium (microprocessor by Intel)

Idioms (16)

一波未平，一波又起
yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ
  1. 1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
  2. 2 many twists and turns to a story
  3. 3 one thing after another
各奔前程
gè bèn qián chéng
  1. 1 each goes his own way (idiom); each person has his own life to lead
各奔东西
gè bèn dōng xī
  1. 1 to go separate ways (idiom)
  2. 2 to part ways with sb
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [gè bēn dōng xī]
奔走相告
bēn zǒu xiāng gào
  1. 1 to spread the news (idiom)
推波助澜
tuī bō zhù lán
  1. 1 to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom); to add momentum
  2. 2 to encourage sth to get bigger
  3. 3 to add fuel to the fire

Sample Sentences

上班族常挂嘴边的这句话，或许最能读出他们心中双城奔波的无奈。
shàngbānzú cháng guà zuǐ biān de zhè jù huà ，huòxǔ zuì néng dúchū tāmen xīnzhōng Shuāngchéng bēnbō de wúnài 。
These words often chanted by workers commuting between the two cities perhaps reflects their sense of helplessness.
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网络上，奔波在燕郊与北京之间的上班族，开始担心未来。
Wǎngluò shàng ，bēnbō zài yānjiāo yǔ Běijīng zhījiān de shàngbānzú ，kāishǐ dānxīn wèilái 。
The internet shows workers commuting between Beijing and Yanjiao are beginning to worry about the future.
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