HSK Duels

离开

lí kāi

to leave

Example sentences

我明天离开北京。

I am leaving Beijing tomorrow.

他要离开了,我很难过。

He is leaving, and I am very sad.

Parts of this word

离
leave; separate
开
away; apart

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