qǐ pǎo xiàn

Traditional: 起跑線

HSK 7–9

起跑线 (qǐ pǎo xiàn) is a Chinese word meaning “the starting line (of a race); scratch line (in a relay race)”.

Meanings

  1. 1the starting line (of a race)
  2. 2scratch line (in a relay race)
Part of speech
noun

Characters in 起跑线

起qǐ · to rise跑páo · (of an animal) to paw (the ground)线xiàn · thread

Related words

起来to stand up; to get up起来(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state一起(in) the same place对不起I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon起to rise跑(of an animal) to paw (the ground)跑to run线thread线variant of 線|线[xian4]线索trail想起to recall起诉to sue

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