go away, leave, depart

HSK 1 #64

DEFINITIONS

去 qù
  • to go
  • to go to (a place)
  • (of a time etc) last
  • just passed
  • to send
  • to remove
  • to get rid of
  • to reduce
  • to be apart from in space or time
  • to die (euphemism)
  • to play (a part)
  • (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
  • (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
  • (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

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WORDS

不复返 yī qù bù fù fǎn gone forever
豁出 huō chu qu to throw caution to the wind; to press one's luck; to go for broke
过得 guò dé qù lit. can pass through (an opening); fig. can get by (in life); tolerably well; not too bad; How are you getting by?; How's life?
何从 hé qù hé cóng what course to follow; what path to take
转来转 zhuàn lái zhuàn qù to rove around; to run around in circles; to walk back and forth
翻来覆 fān lái fù qù to toss and turn (sleeplessly); again and again
活来 sǐ qù huó lái to hover between life and death (idiom); to suffer terribly; within an inch of one's life
shěng qù to omit; to dispense with; to make unnecesary; to save (time, trouble etc)
说不过 shuō bu guò qù cannot be justified; inexcusable
不知向 bù zhī qù xiàng whereabouts unknown; gone missing
扬长而 yáng cháng ér qù to swagger off; to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left behind
路 qù lù the way one is following; outlet
无回 yǒu qù wú huí gone forever (idiom)
时 guò qù shí past tense (grammar)
火 qù huǒ to reduce internal heat (TCM)
楼空 rén qù lóu kōng the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom); the sight of a deserted place brings old friends to mind; the place is deserted; the birds have flown
gù qù to die; death
直来直 zhí lái zhí qù going directly (without detour); (fig.) direct; straightforward (in one's manner or speech)
拂袖而 fú xiù ér qù to storm off in a huff (idiom)
lüè qù to omit; to delete; to leave out; to neglect; to skip over
shān qù to delete
颠来倒 diān lái dǎo qù to harp on; over and over; merely ring changes on a few terms
一来二 yī lái èr qù gradually; little by little; in the course of time
年底 qù nián dǐ late last year; the end of last year
职 qù zhí to leave office