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The character 腾 is a simplified form of the traditional 騰, a phono-semantic compound with the horse radical 马 at the bottom providing the semantic category and 朕-related components at the top indicating the pronunciation. The horse radical originally pointed to the meaning of a horse galloping or leaping upward. This sense of upward movement extended metaphorically to more general notions of soaring, rising, or ascending, as with vapor or prices. It also developed a practical meaning: to clear space by moving things out of the way.
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我腾出时间帮你。
鸟儿在天空腾飞。
他腾空跳了起来。
马儿在草原奔腾。
我们需要腾出空间。
经济正在腾飞发展。
他腾挪资金以应对危机。
云雾腾升笼罩了山峰。