| 起跑线 |
qǐ pǎo xiàn |
the starting line (of a race) / scratch line (in a relay race) |
| 起 |
qǐ |
to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group |
| 起跑 |
qǐ pǎo |
to start running / the start of a race |
| 跑 |
páo |
(of an animal) to paw (the ground) |
| 跑 |
pǎo |
to run / to run away / to escape / to run around (on errands etc) / (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate / (verb complement) away / off |
| 线 |
xiàn |
variant of 线 |
| 线 |
xiàn |
thread / string / wire / line / CL:条,股,根 / (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city) |