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movement; motion; action (CL:個|个) / to act; to move
HSK 1
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  *動* | 動* | *動
(of sth) to move / to set in movement / to displace / to touch / to make use of / to stir (emotions) / to alter / abbr. for 動詞|动词, verb
HSK 1
to exercise; to move about; to work out / shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc) / movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc) / (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity / (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver (CL:項|项) / to use personal influence, connections, bribes etc
HSK 2
to move / to exercise / sports / exercise / motion / movement / campaign / CL: 場|场
HSK 2
HSK 2
operation / action / CL: 個|个 / to move about / mobile
HSK 2
HSK 2
to move (sb) / to touch (sb emotionally) / moving
HSK 2
automatic / voluntarily
HSK 3
to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to
HSK 3
to spur; to provide impetus; to drive
HSK 3
touching / moving
HSK 3
(of descriptions, writing etc) vivid; lively
HSK 3
motive power / (fig.) motivation; impetus
HSK 3
to take the initiative / to do sth of one's own accord / spontaneous / active / opposite: passive 被動|被动 / drive (of gears and shafts etc)
HSK 3
to start / to launch / to unleash / to mobilize / to arouse
HSK 3
athlete / CL: , 個|个
HSK 4
electric vehicle (commonly refers to e-bikes, scooters or electric cars)
HSK 4
sports competition / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to turn sth around / to swivel
HSK 4
animated film
HSK 4
to sway / to waver / to rock / to rattle / to destabilize / to pose a challenge to
HSK 4
to sway / to swing / to move back and forth / to oscillate
HSK 4
to move emotionally / to stir up (emotions) / to excite
HSK 4
to move / movement / migration / mobile / portable
HSK 4
act / action / activity / move / movement
HSK 5
movement / motion / development / trend / dynamic (science)
HSK 5
to change / to fluctuate / change / fluctuation
HSK 5
to have an urge / to be impetuous / impulse / urge
HSK 5
passive
HSK 5
work / toil / physical labor / CL:
HSK 5
to start (a machine) / (fig.) to set in motion / to launch (an operation) / to activate (a plan)
HSK 5
to transfer / to maneuver (troops etc) / movement of personnel / to mobilize / to bring into play
HSK 5
to flow / to circulate / to go from place to place / to be mobile / (of assets) liquid
HSK 5
to mobilize / mobilization / CL:
HSK 5
motive; motivation
HSK 5
to vibrate / to shake / vibration
HSK 5
to set about (a task) / to raise a hand to hit sb / to touch; to handle (typically used in cautioning sb *not* to touch sth)
HSK 5
animation / cartoon
HSK 6
motor vehicle
HSK 6
to interact / interactive
HSK 6
electric-powered / (Tw) video game
HSK 6
to rotate (about an axis) / to revolve / to turn / to move in a circle / to gyrate
HSK 6
to undulate / to fluctuate / wave motion / rise and fall
HSK 6
to move (to pity) / arousing (sympathy) / touching
HSK 6
to start out on a trip / to dispatch troops
HSK 6
trend; tendency
HSK 7-9
to incite / to instigate
HSK 7-9
unrest (social or political) / turmoil / upheaval / commotion
HSK 7-9
to shake / to vibrate / to strongly affect / shock / vibration
HSK 7-9
to drive / to propel / drive (vehicle wheel) / drive mechanism (tape or disk) / device driver (computing software)
HSK 7-9
manual / manually operated / manual gear-change
HSK 7-9
(detectable) movement; (sign of) activity / movement and stillness
HSK 7-9
to utilize / to put sth to use
HSK 7-9
to alter / to modify / to revise
HSK 7-9
to throb / to pulse / to bounce / to jiggle / to jump about
HSK 7-9
motionless
HSK 7-9
to start (a building project)
HSK 7-9
locomotive / motorized / power-driven / adaptable / flexible (use, treatment, timing etc)
HSK 7-9
to touch / to stir up (trouble or emotions) / to move (sb's emotions or worry)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) every movement; each and every move
HSK 7-9
(idiom) heart-stopping; hair-raising; breathtaking
HSK 7-9
pleasant to listen to
HSK 7-9
(idiom) world-shaking
HSK 7-9
(typically followed by ) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc) / at the drop of a hat
HSK 7-9
to urge (an activity that may be beneficial, harmful or neutral); to encourage; to agitate; to instigate; to incite / to beat; to flap (wings, a fan etc)
HSK 7-9
to cause a sensation / to create a stir in (a place) / commotion / controversy
HSK 7-9
a bright idea suddenly occurs (idiom); to hit upon an inspiration / to be struck by a brainwave
HSK 7-9
artery
HSK 7-9
to start / to set in motion / to move / to march / to dig in (eating) / to tuck in (eating)
HSK 7-9
sense of movement (often in a static work of art) / dynamic / vivid / lifelike
HSK 7-9
to go on a journey / to leave
HSK 7-9
variant of 動蕩|动荡
HSK 7-9
to budge
HSK 7-9
labor force / manpower
HSK 7-9
to pull / (fig.) to stimulate (economic activity) / to motivate (people to do sth)
HSK 7-9
to roll / (to do sth) in a loop / to scroll (computing) / to progressively expand (economics) / to rumble (of thunder)
HSK 7-9
to twitch / to throb / a spasm / to divert (money) to other uses
extravehicular activity (outside space vehicle) / EVA
to motivate
flowing / flexible / lively (Internet slang)
the Great Sparrow Campaign or the Four Pests Campaign, one of the actions during the Great Leap Forward 大躍進|大跃进 aiming to eliminate four pests: rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows
active / restless / energetic
metazoa / the animal kingdom
sports / physical culture
dynamics (math.) / kinetics
to reboot; to restart
engine; motor / CL: 臺|台
sliding bevel (to measure angles)
to wait for the opportune moment before taking action (idiom)
motion / proposal
to come to blows / to paw / to grope / to get fresh
initiative / active role
parazoan (animal of the subkingdom Parazoa, mostly sponges)
simple harmonic oscillation / sinusoidal oscillation
to affect / to produce a change in sth
jet engine
momentum
to pull out / to pull a lever
(election) campaign

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