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Mythic Mandarin

临走 (lín zǒu): meaning and stroke order

临走 (lín zǒu) means before leaving, on departure.

临走

Simplified
临走
Traditional
臨走
Pinyin
lín zǒu

Stroke order of 临走

临

  • lín to face; to overlook
  • 9 strokes
  • Traditional form: 臨

Stroke by stroke

走

  • zǒu to walk; to go
  • 7 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 临走

  1. lín zǒu Traditional 臨走
    • before leaving
    • on departure

Radicals of the characters

临
Radical 丨 (Kangxi radical 2) · 9 strokes
走
Radical 走 (Kangxi radical 156) · 7 strokes · 土 on top, 龰 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

临走 in our stories

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  • 子张心里明白了，临走前托人给鲁哀公带去了一个故事。

    Zǐzhāng xīnli míngbai le línzǒu qián tuō rén gěi Lǔ Āigōng dài qù le yí gè gùshi

    Zizhang understood, and before leaving he had someone carry a story to the duke.

    From the story Lord Ye loves dragons HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 临走

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).