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离开

lí kāi

HSK 2 · word 828 of 3,000

Meaning

• to depart; to leave

Example sentence

Characters in 离开

• 离 lí to leave
• 开 kāi to open (transitive or intransitive)

离 to leave plus 开, marking separation. 开 after a verb means apart: 分开 to separate, 走开 to go away.

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