Results for “走”

to visit one's friends and relatives

to attend school as a day student

capitalist roader (person in power taking the capitalist road, a political label often pinned on cadres by the Red Guards during the Cultural Revolution)

(of prices, rates etc) to trend downward / to decline

to run away / to escape / to avoid

(proverb) to follow local customs / When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

to sell large volumes of goods at low profit margins (as a business strategy)

to go the wrong way / to take the wrong (road, exit etc)

see 走門路|走门路[zǒu mén lù]

to use social connections / to toady to influential people

to take risks / to run risks

(music) off-key / out of tune

to get off the main topic / to digress

to leak (a secret) / to transpire

to ride (a horse) / to go on horseback

(idiom) to take office / to assume a post

see 走馬上任|走马上任[zǒu mǎ shàng rèn]

lantern with a carousel of paper horses rotating under convection, used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节[Yuán xiāo jié] / (fig.) revolving door / musical chairs (metaphor for people being shuffled around into different jobs)

lit. flower viewing from horseback (idiom) / fig. superficial understanding from cursory observation / to make a quick judgment based on inadequate information

to go to the brothel on horseback (idiom) / to visit prostitutes

lit. flower viewing from horseback (idiom) / a fleeting glance in passing / fig. superficial understanding from cursory observation / to make a quick judgment based on inadequate information

see 走馬上任|走马上任[zǒu mǎ shàng rèn]

(of prices, temperature etc) to rise

unlicensed street vendor

lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom) / fig. to stick to one's ways / to cling to one's course

to stick to one's ways / to cling to one's course

to avoid a problem by walking away from it / to quit

of the thirty-six stratagems, the best option is to flee (idiom) / the best thing to do is leave

see 三十六計，走為上策|三十六计，走为上策[sān shí liù jì , zǒu wéi shàng cè]

to get round fast / to spread like wildfire

man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom) / one should constantly strive to make progress

lit. when people leave, the tea cools (idiom) / fig. when sb is no longer in a position of power, others cease to care about him

(finance) (of the price of a security etc) to open lower than the previous closing price but rise throughout the trading session

lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom) / fig. you go your way, I'll go mine / you do it your way, I'll do it mine

march at ease / route step

to walk briskly (for fitness) / to power-walk

to leave first (courteous expression used to excuse oneself) / (euphemism) to predecease / to die first (e.g. before one's spouse)

the sword moves with side stroke (modern idiom) / fig. unexpected winning move / unconventional gambit

the sword moves like a dragon-fly (modern idiom) / fig. unexpected winning move / unconventional gambit

to steal (sb's heart)