to run / to run away / to escape / to run around (on errands etc) / (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate / (verb complement) away / off
跑
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⻊
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包
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Pinocchio stole a colorful handbag from someone in the aorta and runs as fast as he can. He didn't have time to look for which direction he actually was heading, so he stumbles and falls head-first into a big cowboy boot.
circle / ring / loop / classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc / CL:個|个[ge4] / to surround / to circle
圈
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卷
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囗
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Cupid (qu) opened a show business (圈) in front of the anthill (an1). It consists of a mysterious wooden box (囗) around which Cupid will lead every interested passer-by in circles (圈), and then into the box. Inside the box Cupid has a lot of hair rollers (卷) with which he will transform the hair of any victim.
earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4]
地
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也
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土
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Dorothy Gale (di) hates the cleanliness of the space station, so she used an excavator (也) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) to dig a pile of dirt (土) out of the ground (地) for a mud bath.