赴 fù to attend
to attend; to go to; to be present
How to remember 赴: 走 walk + 卜 fortune teller = to attend. Grandma likes to walk, and her visit to the fortune teller is a date she never fails to attend at.
Component breakdown
赴 = 走 walk + 卜 fortune teller
- 走 walk
- 卜 fortune teller
Grandma likes to walk, and her visit to the fortune teller is a date she never fails to attend at.
How it is used
- To go to / attend (a place or event) - 赴宴 (fùyàn) to attend a banquet, 赴约 (fùyuē) to keep an appointment, 赴任 (fùrèn) to take up a post, 奔赴 (bēnfù) to rush to.
- 全力以赴 (quánlìyǐfù) means to go all out; 前赴后继 (qiánfù-hòujì) means to advance wave after wave; 赴汤蹈火 (fùtāng-dǎohuǒ) to go through fire and water. Formal; implies purposefully heading somewhere.