奔波
bēn bō
Pinyin

Definition

奔波
 - 
bēn bō
  1. to rush about
  2. to be constantly on the move

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
奔跑
bēn pǎo
  1. 1 to run
奔腾
Bēn téng
  1. 1 Pentium (microprocessor by Intel)
波
Bō
  1. 1 Poland
  2. 2 Polish
  3. 3 abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bō lán]
波罗蜜
bō luó mì
  1. 1 jackfruit
  2. 2 breadfruit
  3. 3 Artocarpus heterophyllus
仁波切
Rén bō qiè
  1. 1 Rinpoche (Tibetan honorific)
光波
guāng bō
  1. 1 light wave
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]
周立波
Zhōu Lì bō
  1. 1 Zhou Libo (1908-1979), left-wing journalist, translator and novelist
  2. 2 Zhou Libo (1967-), Chinese stand-up comedian
奔三
Bēn sān
  1. 1 Pentium III microprocessor, abbr. for 奔騰三|奔腾三
奔忙
bēn máng
  1. 1 to be busy rushing about
  2. 2 to bustle about
奔流
bēn liú
  1. 1 to flow at great speed
  2. 2 to pour
  3. 3 racing current
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
奔驰
Bēn chí
  1. 1 Benz (name)
  2. 2 Mercedes-Benz, German car maker
宁波
Níng bō
  1. 1 Ningbo subprovincial city in Zhejiang
宁波市
Níng bō shì
  1. 1 Ningbo subprovincial city in Zhejiang
微波
wēi bō
  1. 1 ripple
  2. 2 microwave

Idioms (16)

一波未平，一波又起
yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ
  1. 1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
  2. 2 many twists and turns to a story
  3. 3 one thing after another
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)
推波助澜
tuī bō zhù lán
  1. 1 to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom); to add momentum
  2. 2 to encourage sth to get bigger
  3. 3 to add fuel to the fire
暗送秋波
àn sòng qiū bō
  1. 1 to cast flirtatious glances at sb (idiom)
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
波涛粼粼
bō tāo lín lín
  1. 1 crystalline waves (idiom)
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
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
送秋波
sòng qiū bō
  1. 1 to cast flirtatious glances at sb (idiom)
醋海生波
cù hǎi shēng bō
  1. 1 lit. waves on a sea of vinegar
  2. 2 trouble caused by a jealous woman (idiom)
随波逐流
suí bō zhú liú
  1. 1 to drift with the waves and go with the flow (idiom); to follow the crowd blindly
随波逊流
suí bō xùn liú
  1. 1 to drift with the waves and yield to the flow (idiom); to follow the crowd blindly

Sample Sentences

上班族常挂嘴边的这句话，或许最能读出他们心中双城奔波的无奈。
shàngbānzú cháng guà zuǐ biān de zhè jù huà ，huòxǔ zuì néng dúchū tāmen xīnzhōng Shuāngchéng bēnbō de wúnài 。
These words often chanted by workers commuting between the two cities perhaps reflects their sense of helplessness.
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网络上，奔波在燕郊与北京之间的上班族，开始担心未来。
Wǎngluò shàng ，bēnbō zài yānjiāo yǔ Běijīng zhījiān de shàngbānzú ，kāishǐ dānxīn wèilái 。
The internet shows workers commuting between Beijing and Yanjiao are beginning to worry about the future.
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