奔跑 bēnpǎo to run
How to remember 奔跑: 奔 to rush about + 跑 run = to run.
Characters
How it is used
- To run / dash - the vigorous, sustained kind: 在草原上奔跑 (zài cǎoyuán shàng bēnpǎo) to run across the grassland.
- More literary and energetic than plain 跑 (pǎo); evokes free, forceful running, often over open ground.
- Also figurative: 为梦想奔跑 (to chase after a dream).