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窜 cuàn

to flee

Strokes
12
Level
HSK 6
Radical
穴
Traditional
竄
Type
Ideograph
Made of 穴串 ⿱穴串

Memory hint: Simplified form of 竄; a mouse 鼠 running out of its hole 穴

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  1. 那只老鼠很快就窜到桌子底下了。
    Nà zhī lǎoshǔ hěn kuài jiù cuàn dào zhuōzi dǐxia le.
    The mouse quickly scurried under the table.
    that (measure) mouse very fast then flee arrive table under (particle)
  2. 你看见有什么东西窜出去了吗？
    Nǐ kànjiàn yǒu shénme dōngxi cuàn chūqù le ma?
    Did you see something dart out?
    you see have what thing flee out-go (particle) (question)
  3. 快把窗户关上，别让蛇窜进来。
    Kuài bǎ chuānghu guānshàng, bié ràng shé cuàn jìnlái.
    Quickly close the window, don't let the snake dart in.
    quick (object-marker) window close-up, don't let snake flee in-come
  4. 它没能窜出笼子。
    Tā méi néng cuàn chū lóngzi.
    It wasn't able to dart out of the cage.
    it not can flee out cage
  5. 深夜，一只黑猫突然从巷子里窜了出来。
    Shēnyè, yì zhī hēimāo tūrán cóng xiàngzi lǐ cuànle chūlái.
    Late at night, a black cat suddenly darted out from the alley.
    deep-night, one (measure) black-cat suddenly from alley inside flee (particle) out-come

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