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Jyutping tau1 paau2
Pinyin tōu pǎo

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb, figuratively
    to beat the gun; to jump the gun; to do something before it is permissible and appropriate; (of game, song, etc.) to leak before their official release
  2. verb
    to jump the gun
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    小偷跑了。
    小偷跑了。
    xiǎo tōu pǎo le 。
    • The thief ran away.