猛地

měngde
suddenly

CEDICT

Examples

看到警察走来，他猛地跑了开去。

When he saw a policeman coming, he began to run like anything.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 猛 měng
  1. ferocious
  2. fierce
  3. violent
  4. brave
  5. suddenly
  6. abrupt
  7. (slang) awesome
2 地 de
  1. -ly
  2. structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct

Related entries

一霎眼 yīshàyǎn
  1. suddenly
  2. in an instant
俄 é
  1. suddenly
  2. very soon
最后，俄狄蒲斯回答了。

Finally, Oedipus replied.

Source: Tatoeba

倏忽 shūhū (literary) suddenly
倏然 shūrán (literary) suddenly
冷不丁 lěngbudīng
  1. suddenly
  2. by surprise
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