跑掉
pǎo diào
Pinyin

Definition

跑掉
 - 
pǎo diào
  1. to run away
  2. to take to one's heels

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

掉
diào
  1. 1 to fall
  2. 2 to drop
  3. 3 to lag behind
  4. 4 to lose
  5. 5 to go missing
  6. 6 to reduce
  7. 7 fall (in prices)
  8. 8 to lose (value, weight etc)
  9. 9 to wag
  10. 10 to swing
  11. 11 to turn
  12. 12 to change
  13. 13 to exchange
  14. 14 to swap
  15. 15 to show off
  16. 16 to shed (hair)
  17. 17 (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc)
跑
páo
  1. 1 (of an animal) to paw (the ground)
丢掉
diū diào
  1. 1 to lose
  2. 2 to throw away
  3. 3 to discard
  4. 4 to cast away
删掉
shān diào
  1. 1 to delete
剪掉
jiǎn diào
  1. 1 to cut off
  2. 2 to cut away
  3. 3 to trim

Idioms (10)

又要马儿跑，又要马儿不吃草
yòu yào mǎ r pǎo , yòu yào mǎ r bù chī cǎo
  1. 1 lit. you can't expect the horse to run fast but not let it graze (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. you can't have your cake and eat it, too
天上不会掉馅饼
tiān shàng bù huì diào xiàn bǐng
  1. 1 there is no such thing as a free lunch (idiom)
天上掉馅饼
tiān shàng diào xiàn bǐng
  1. 1 a meat pie falls from the sky (idiom)
  2. 2 to have something fall into your lap
尾大不掉
wěi dà bù diào
  1. 1 large tail obstructs action (idiom); bottom heavy
  2. 2 fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates
掉书袋
diào shū dài
  1. 1 lit. to wave around one's bookbag (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to show off one's erudition
  3. 3 a person who does so

Sample Sentences

养狗养猫都很麻烦，一个要带出去散步，一个怕牠跑掉。养蛇最简单了。
yǎng gǒu yǎngmāo dōu hěn máfan ，yī gè yào dài chūqù sànbù ，yī gè pà tā pǎodiào 。yǎng shé zuì jiǎndān le 。
Having a dog or a cat is really troublesome. One you have to take for a walk, the other you worry about running away. Having a snake is the simplest thing.
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嗯，不错，动作再连贯再柔和一些就完美了。要运用你的想象，想象你按着一只麻雀的尾巴，一次又一次想松手又怕麻雀跑掉。
ng4 ，bùcuò ，dòngzuò zài liánguàn zài róuhé yīxiē jiù wánměi le 。yào yùnyòng nǐ de xiǎngxiàng ，xiǎngxiàng nǐ àn zhe yī zhǐ máquè de wěiba ，yīcì yòu yīcì xiǎng sōngshǒu yòu pà máquè pǎodiào 。
Oh, good. If your movements were a bit more fluid and gentle, it would be perfect. You need to use your imagination. Imagine that you are pressing on a sparrow's tail. You'd like to relax your grip, but you're afraid that the sparrow will run away.
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