出走 chūzǒu to leave home
to leave home; to go off; to run away
How to remember 出走: 出 go out + 走 to walk = to leave home.
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How it is used
- 'To leave home / run away' (usually secretly, out of conflict) - 离家出走 (líjiā chūzǒu) to run away from home.
- Implies a break-away departure driven by discord; the famous literary type is 娜拉出走 (Nora walking out, from A Doll's House).
Example sentences
- 她十三岁的时候离家出走了。 Tā shísānsuì de shíhòu líjiāchūzǒu le.When she was thirteen, she ran away from home.