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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
跟踪 gēn zōng to follow sb's tracks / to tail / to shadow / tracking
如影随形 yǐng suí xíng as the shadow follows the body (idiom) / closely associated with each other / to follow relentlessly
立竿见影 gān jiàn yǐng lit. set up a pole and immediately see its shadow (idiom) / fig. to get instant results
盯梢 dīng shāo to follow sb / to tail / to shadow
捕风捉影 fēng zhuō yǐng lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations / to act on hearsay evidence
形影相吊 xíng yǐng xiāng diào with only body and shadow to comfort each other (idiom) / extremely sad and lonely
寸阴 cùn yīn a very brief period of time (lit. the time it takes for a shadow to move an inch)
钉梢 dīng shāo to follow sb / to tail / to shadow / also written 盯梢[ding1 shao1]
来去无踪 lái zōng come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and leave without a trace
不成样子 chéng yàng zi shapeless / deformed / ruined / beyond recognition / (of a person) reduced to a shadow
来无影,去无踪 lái yǐng , zōng lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and go without a trace
孤身只影 shēn zhī yǐng lit. a lonely body with only a shadow for company / to be all alone (idiom)


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