跑步
pǎo bù
Pinyin

Definition

跑步
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pǎo bù
  1. to run
  2. to jog
  3. (military) to march at the double

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

步
Bù
  1. 1 surname Bu
步步
bù bù
  1. 1 step by step
  2. 2 at every step
跑
páo
  1. 1 (of an animal) to paw (the ground)
进步
jìn bù
  1. 1 progress
  2. 2 improvement
  3. 3 to improve
  4. 4 to progress
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè
初步
chū bù
  1. 1 initial
  2. 2 preliminary
  3. 3 tentative

Idioms (20)

一步一个脚印
yī bù yī gè jiǎo yìn
  1. 1 one step, one footprint (idiom); steady progress
  2. 2 reliable
一步登天
yī bù dēng tiān
  1. 1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
五十步笑百步
wǔ shí bù xiào bǎi bù
  1. 1 the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom)
  2. 2 the pot calls the kettle black
亦步亦趋
yì bù yì qū
  1. 1 to blindly follow suit (idiom)
  2. 2 to imitate slavishly
  3. 3 to do what everyone else is doing
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

Sample Sentences

哇，小李，最近看你天天在公园跑步啊，怎么，要去参加马拉松比赛啊？
wā ，Xiǎo Lǐ ，zuìjìn kàn nǐ tiāntiān zài gōngyuán pǎobù ā ，zěnme ，yào qù cānjiā mǎlāsōng bǐsài ā ？
Wow, Xiaoli, I've seen you recently running in the park every day. What's with that? Are you going to run in a marathon?
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我都放在门口了，这几套都穿很久了，样子不好看了，而且我差不多每天都去跑步、打拳、健身，现在有很多机能更好的运动衣，我想买新的。
wǒ dōu fàng zài ménkǒu le ，zhè jǐ tào dōu chuān hěnjiǔ le ，yàngzi bù hǎokàn le ，érqiě wǒ chàbuduō měitiān dōu qù pǎobù 、dǎquán 、jiànshēn ，xiànzài yǒu hěn duō jīnéng gèng hǎo de yùndòngyī ，wǒ xiǎngmǎi xīn de 。
I've already put them out on the doorstep. I've been wearing them for ages, they don't look good and I got running, boxing and exercising almost every day. Now there are so many sports outfits with lots of different functions, I want to buy new ones.
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因为现在很少有人见过猪跑步，所以你也可以说“没见过猪跑，也吃过猪肉“。
yīnwèi xiànzài hěn shǎo yǒu rén jiàn guò zhū pǎobù ，suǒyǐ nǐ yě kěyǐ shuō “méijiànguòzhūpǎo, yěchīguòzhūròu “。
Because, nowadays, people rarely see pigs running, you can say ‘Even though one has never seen pigs running, at least, one has eaten pork.’
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我跑步也跑得很快，我也喜欢游泳。
wǒ pǎobù yě pǎo de hěnkuài ，wǒ yě xǐhuan yóuyǒng 。
I run really fast, and I like swimming too.
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这不行，我一跑步就想吐。
zhè bùxíng ，wǒ yī pǎobù jiù xiǎng tù 。
No I can't. I feel like vomiting every time I run.
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以后每天跟着我跑步去，保证你一个月之内瘦成一道闪电。
yǐhòu měitiān gēn zhe wǒ pǎobù qù ，bǎozhèng nǐ yī ge yuè zhīnèi shòu chéng yī dào shǎndiàn 。
From now on you can go running with me every day. I guarantee that you'll be skinny as a rake within a month.
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下雨就不要去打球，去健身房跑步就好了。
xiàyǔ jiù bù yào qù dǎqiú ，qù jiànshēnfáng pǎobù jiùhǎole 。
If it rains let's not play basketball, we can go to the gym to run instead.
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今天是你第一次参加学校的运动会，趣味跑步比赛你跑了第一名，爸爸妈妈为你感到非常骄傲！
jīntiān shì nǐ dì yī cì cānjiā xuéxiào de yùndònghuì ，qùwèi pǎobù bǐsài nǐ pǎo le dì yī míng ，bàba māma wèi nǐ gǎndào fēicháng jiāoào ！
Today is your first time attending a school sports day. Your father and I were so proud at you coming first place in the fun run.
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我？不了，运动何必花钱，我都去附近的学校操场跑步，一口气跑个七八圈，也就够了。
wǒ ？bùle ，yùndòng hébì huāqián ，wǒ dōu qù fùjìn de xuéxiào cāochǎng pǎobù ，yīkǒuqì pǎo gè qī bā quān ，yě jiù gòu le 。
Me? No, why do you need to spend money to exercise, I always go to the sports field of a nearby school to run; I run seven or eight laps in one go and that's enough.
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我没办法，就是不喜欢跑步，要我自己主动去运动，那是不可能的，只有交了钱，有教练督促，跟几个好朋友一块儿彼此激励，才可能保持运动习惯。
wǒ méi bànfǎ ，jiùshì bù xǐhuan pǎobù ，yào wǒ zìjǐ zhǔdòng qù yùndòng ，nà shì bù kěnéng de ，zhǐyǒu jiāo le qián ，yǒu jiàoliàn dūcù ，gēn jǐ ge hǎopéngyou yīkuàir bǐcǐ jīlì ，cái kěnéng bǎochí yùndòng xíguàn 。
That's not for me, I don't like running, I can't really go to exercise on my own. I can only keep exercising when I hand over money and have a trainer to urge me on and good friends to encourage me.
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