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tóu to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
dào road; path (CL:,) / (bound form) way; reason; principle / (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization / (Daoism) the Way; the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division)
gēn zōng to follow sb's tracks / to tail / to shadow / tracking
yǐng suí xíng lit. as the shadow follows the body (idiom) / fig. closely associated with each other; inseparable; to follow relentlessly
lái zōng come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and leave without a trace
chéng yàng zi shapeless / deformed / ruined / beyond recognition / (of a person) reduced to a shadow
shēn zhī yǐng lit. a lonely body with only a shadow for company / to be all alone (idiom)
竿 gān jiàn yǐng lit. set up a pole and immediately see its shadow (idiom) / fig. to get instant results
dīng shāo to follow sb / to tail / to shadow
xíng yǐng xiāng diào with only body and shadow to comfort each other (idiom) / extremely sad and lonely
cùn yīn a very brief period of time (lit. the time it takes for a shadow to move an inch)
fēng zhuō yǐng lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations / to act on hearsay evidence
lái yǐng , zōng lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and go without a trace
dīng shāo to follow sb / to tail / to shadow / also written 盯梢

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