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| 投 | 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 |
| 道 | dào | road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (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) |
| 跟踪 | gēn zōng | to follow sb's tracks / to tail / to shadow / tracking |
| 如影随形 | rú yǐng suí xíng | lit. as the shadow follows the body (idiom) / fig. closely associated with each other; inseparable; to follow relentlessly |
| 来去无踪 | lái qù wú zōng | come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and leave without a trace |
| 不成样子 | bù chéng yàng zi | shapeless / deformed / ruined / beyond recognition / (of a person) reduced to a shadow |
| 孤身只影 | gū shēn zhī yǐng | lit. a lonely body with only a shadow for company / to be all alone (idiom) |
| 立竿见影 | lì 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 |
| 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) |
| 捕风捉影 | bǔ fēng zhuō yǐng | lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations / to act on hearsay evidence |
| 来无影，去无踪 | lái wú yǐng , qù wú zōng | lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and go without a trace |
| 钉梢 | dīng shāo | to follow sb / to tail / to shadow / also written 盯梢[ding1 shao1] |