私奔
sī bēn
Pinyin

Definition

私奔
 - 
sī bēn
  1. to elope

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
奔腾
Bēn téng
  1. 1 Pentium (microprocessor by Intel)
私信
sī xìn
  1. 1 private correspondence
  2. 2 personal letter
  3. 3 (computing) personal message (PM)
  4. 4 to message sb

Idioms (20)

以权谋私
yǐ quán móu sī
  1. 1 to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
假公济私
jiǎ gōng jì sī
  1. 1 official authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position
公而忘私
gōng ér wàng sī
  1. 1 for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically
  2. 2 selfless
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]

Sample Sentences

卓文君爱上了一个只见过一次面的人，半夜跟着他私奔，在古代中国是很少见的。
zhuówénjūn àishàng le yī gè zhī jiàn guò yīcì miàn de rén ，bànyè gēn zhe tā sībēn ，zài gǔdài Zhōngguó shì hěn shǎojiàn de 。
Zhuo Wen Jun fell in love with someone she met once and eloped with him in the middle of the night. This was very rare in ancient China.
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