私奔
sī bēn
Pinyin

Definition

私奔
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sī bēn
  1. to elope

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

奔
bēn
  1. 1 to hurry
  2. 2 to rush
  3. 3 to run quickly
  4. 4 to elope
奔放
bēn fàng
  1. 1 bold and unrestrained
  2. 2 untrammeled
奔波
bēn bō
  1. 1 to rush about
  2. 2 to be constantly on the move
奔腾
Bēn téng
  1. 1 Pentium (microprocessor by Intel)
私信
sī xìn
  1. 1 private correspondence
  2. 2 personal letter
  3. 3 (computing) personal message (PM)
  4. 4 to message sb
自私
zì sī
  1. 1 selfish
  2. 2 selfishness
各奔东西
gè bèn dōng xī
  1. 1 to go separate ways (idiom)
  2. 2 to part ways with sb
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [gè bēn dōng xī]
奔三
Bēn sān
  1. 1 Pentium III microprocessor, abbr. for 奔騰三|奔腾三
奔走
bēn zǒu
  1. 1 to run
  2. 2 to rush about
  3. 3 to be on the go
奔赴
bēn fù
  1. 1 to rush to
  2. 2 to hurry to
奔跑
bēn pǎo
  1. 1 to run
奔驰
Bēn chí
  1. 1 Benz (name)
  2. 2 Mercedes-Benz, German car maker
无私
wú sī
  1. 1 selfless
  2. 2 unselfish
  3. 3 disinterested
  4. 4 altruistic
私
sī
  1. 1 personal
  2. 2 private
  3. 3 selfish
私下
sī xià
  1. 1 in private
私人
sī rén
  1. 1 private
  2. 2 personal
  3. 3 interpersonal
  4. 4 sb with whom one has a close personal relationship
  5. 5 a member of one's clique
私吞
sī tūn
  1. 1 to misappropriate (public funds etc)
  2. 2 to embezzle
私奔
sī bēn
  1. 1 to elope
私家
sī jiā
  1. 1 private
  2. 2 privately owned or managed
私家车
sī jiā chē
  1. 1 private car

Idioms (20)

以权谋私
yǐ quán móu sī
  1. 1 to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
假公济私
jiǎ gōng jì sī
  1. 1 official authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position
公而忘私
gōng ér wàng sī
  1. 1 for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically
  2. 2 selfless
各奔前程
gè bèn qián chéng
  1. 1 each goes his own way (idiom); each person has his own life to lead
各奔东西
gè bèn dōng xī
  1. 1 to go separate ways (idiom)
  2. 2 to part ways with sb
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [gè bēn dōng xī]
奔走相告
bēn zǒu xiāng gào
  1. 1 to spread the news (idiom)
官报私仇
guān bào sī chóu
  1. 1 to take advantage of official post for personal revenge (idiom)
官私合营
guān sī hé yíng
  1. 1 public and private interests working together (idiom)
徇私枉法
xùn sī wǎng fǎ
  1. 1 to bend the law in order to favor one's relatives or associates (idiom)
徇私舞弊
xùn sī wǔ bì
  1. 1 to abuse one's position for personal gain (idiom)
损公肥私
sǔn gōng féi sī
  1. 1 to damage the public interest for personal profit (idiom); personal profit at public expense
  2. 2 venal and selfish behavior
东奔西走
dōng bēn xī zǒu
  1. 1 to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily
  2. 2 to bustle about
  3. 3 to hopscotch
  4. 4 also 東跑西顛|东跑西颠[dōng pǎo xī diān]
东奔西跑
dōng bēn xī pǎo
  1. 1 to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily
  2. 2 to bustle about
乌鸟私情
wū niǎo sī qíng
  1. 1 lit. the solicitude of the crow (who provides for his old parent)(idiom)
  2. 2 fig. filial piety
狼奔豕突
láng bēn shǐ tū
  1. 1 the wolf runs and the wild boar rushes (idiom); crowds of evil-doers mill around like wild beasts
疲于奔命
pí yú bēn mìng
  1. 1 (idiom) terribly busy
  2. 2 up to one's ears in work
私谋叛国
sī móu pàn guó
  1. 1 to secretly plan treason (idiom)
结党营私
jié dǎng yíng sī
  1. 1 to gang up for personal interest (idiom)
  2. 2 to form a clique
自私自利
zì sī zì lì
  1. 1 everything for self and selfish profit (idiom); with no regard for others
  2. 2 selfish
  3. 3 mercenary
万马奔腾
wàn mǎ bēn téng
  1. 1 lit. ten thousand stampeding horses (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. with great momentum
  3. 3 going full speed ahead

Sample Sentences

卓文君爱上了一个只见过一次面的人，半夜跟着他私奔，在古代中国是很少见的。
zhuówénjūn àishàng le yī gè zhī jiàn guò yīcì miàn de rén ，bànyè gēn zhe tā sībēn ，zài gǔdài Zhōngguó shì hěn shǎojiàn de 。
Zhuo Wen Jun fell in love with someone she met once and eloped with him in the middle of the night. This was very rare in ancient China.
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