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What was inside comes out: 出

The picture Something that was held inside a boundary pushing out past it.

Core verbs

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  1. the body goes out

    去了,一会儿回来。

    tā chūqù le, yíhuìr huílái

    He's stepped out; he'll be back shortly.

  2. something erupts out

    什么事了?

    chū shénme shì le

    What's happened?

    出事 means something has gone wrong. It doesn't get used for happy news.

  3. the hidden surfaces

    结果下周来。

    jiéguǒ xià zhōu chūlái

    The results come out next week.

  4. take it out of your head

    这个主意是他的。

    zhège zhǔyi shì tā chū de

    That idea came from him.

  5. take it out of your pocket

    五百,你五百。

    wǒ chū wǔbǎi, nǐ chū wǔbǎi

    I'll put in five hundred, you put in five hundred.

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