táo zǒu
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小偷看到警察来了就逃走了。
xiǎotōu kàn dào jǐngchá lái le jiù táo zǒu le.
The thief ran away when he saw the police coming.
火灾发生后，人们都逃走了。
huǒzāi fāshēng hòu, rénmen dōu táo zǒu le.
After the fire broke out, people all ran away.
他因为犯了罪而逃走了。
tā yīnwèi fàn le zuì ér táo zǒu le.
He ran away because he committed a crime.
逃跑 (táopǎo)
escape
逃亡 (táowáng)
flee
停留 (tíngliú)
stay
坚守 (jiānshǒu)
stick to
The Chinese word 逃走 (táozǒu) is composed of two characters: 逃 (táo) and 走 (zǒu). The character 逃 originally meant "to flee" or "to escape", and it is composed of the radical 辵 (chuò), which indicates movement, and the phonetic component 夭 (yāo), which is related to the idea of "running away". The character 走 originally meant "to walk" or "to run", and it is composed of the radical 辵 and the phonetic component 奏 (zòu), which is related to the idea of "moving forward". When combined, the two characters 逃 and 走 form the compound word 逃走, which means "to flee" or "to escape".
