tì

趯

Character · Verb

jump; leap; spring

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

verb

to jump; to leap; to bound

literary

Literary or archaic usage found in classical texts. Often describes the sudden upward movement of animals or the light, springing gait in poetic descriptions. Commonly appears in reduplicated form 趯趯 to describe a jumping appearance.

Tù兔
zi子
shòu受
jīng惊
 ,
tì趯
rán然
ér而
qǐ起
 。

The rabbit, startled, leaped up suddenly.

Zhè这
pǐ匹
jùn骏
mǎ马
shàn善
yú于
tì趯
yuè跃
 。

This fine steed is skilled at leaping.

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 《
Shī诗
jīng经
 》
zhōng中
miáo描
shù述
 :
「「
tì趯
tì趯
fù阜
zhōng螽
」」
 。

The Book of Songs describes: 'The grasshoppers are jumping about.'