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绕行

rào xíng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 繞行

绕行 (rào xíng) means "to take a circular (or circuitous) route; to do a circuit; (of a planet) to orbit". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 绕行 means

1. to take a circular (or circuitous) route
2. to do a circuit
3. (of a planet) to orbit
4. (of a sailor) to circumnavigate
5. to take a detour
6. to bypass

The characters in 绕行

• 绕ràoto wind; to coil (thread); to rotate around
• 行xíng(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit…

Example sentences

• 海王星绕行太阳一周要花一百六十五年。
  Hǎiwángxīng ràoxíng tàiyang yīzhōu yào huā yī bǎi liùshí wǔ nián.
  It takes 165 years for Neptune to orbit around the sun.

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