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  *动* | 动* | *动
(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 move / to exercise / sports / exercise / motion / movement / campaign / CL: 場|场
HSK 2
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 spur; to provide impetus; to drive
HSK 3
operation / action / CL: 個|个 / to move about / mobile
HSK 2
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 have an urge / to be impetuous / impulse / urge
HSK 5
to sway / to swing / to move back and forth / to oscillate
HSK 4
to move / movement / migration / mobile / portable
HSK 4
to interact / interactive
HSK 6
to start (a machine) / (fig.) to set in motion / to launch (an operation) / to activate (a plan)
HSK 5
automatic / voluntarily
HSK 3
to turn sth around / to swivel
HSK 4
to move (sb) / to touch (sb emotionally) / moving
HSK 2
to start out on a trip / to dispatch troops
HSK 6
to flow / to circulate / to go from place to place / to be mobile / (of assets) liquid
HSK 5
(of descriptions, writing etc) vivid; lively
HSK 3
to move emotionally / to stir up (emotions) / to excite
HSK 4
to start / to launch / to unleash / to mobilize / to arouse
HSK 3
to transfer / to maneuver (troops etc) / movement of personnel / to mobilize / to bring into play
HSK 5
to move (to pity) / arousing (sympathy) / touching
HSK 6
act / action / activity / move / movement
HSK 5
to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to
HSK 3
motionless
HSK 7-9
to rotate (about an axis) / to revolve / to turn / to move in a circle / to gyrate
HSK 6
to vibrate / to shake / vibration
HSK 5
to change / to fluctuate / change / fluctuation
HSK 5
ByteDance, Beijing-based Internet technology company founded in 2012
to shake / to vibrate / to strongly affect / shock / vibration
HSK 7-9
work / toil / physical labor / CL:
HSK 5
(typically followed by ) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc) / at the drop of a hat
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to feel a rush of excitement
to undulate / to fluctuate / wave motion / rise and fall
HSK 6
(idiom) every movement; each and every move
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
the New Culture Movement (mid-1910s and 1920s), intellectual revolution against Confucianism aiming to introduce Western elements, especially democracy and science
to affect / to produce a change in sth
physical labor
to touch / to stir up (trouble or emotions) / to move (sb's emotions or worry)
HSK 7-9
to shift; to alter / unusual change; abnormal move
to mix; to stir
to start / to set in motion / to move / to march / to dig in (eating) / to tuck in (eating)
HSK 7-9
charity event / public service activities
social activity
to pull / (fig.) to stimulate (economic activity) / to motivate (people to do sth)
HSK 7-9
sports; athletic activities
motionless
to shift sth with a crowbar etc / (fig.) to influence by applying leverage
reaction / reactionary
active / restless / energetic
electric-powered / (Tw) video game
HSK 6
to throb / to pulse / to bounce / to jiggle / to jump about
HSK 7-9
four-wheel drive
to entice / to arouse / to provoke
manual / manually operated / manual gear-change
HSK 7-9
to cause a sensation / to create a stir in (a place) / commotion / controversy
HSK 7-9
to drive / to propel / drive (vehicle wheel) / drive mechanism (tape or disk) / device driver (computing software)
HSK 7-9
May Fourth Movement / Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
political movement
Boxer Rebellion (1900–1901), a peasant uprising that attempted to expel all foreigners from China, eventually suppressed by an international coalition
a bright idea suddenly occurs (idiom); to hit upon an inspiration / to be struck by a brainwave
HSK 7-9
(geotectonics) crustal movement; diastrophism
passive
HSK 5
forced labor (as punishment in criminal case)
life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations) / Physical effort is vital for our bodies to function (Aristotle). / Life derives from physical exercise.
simple harmonic motion (in mechanics) / motion of a simple pendulum
rally
to alter / to modify / to revise
HSK 7-9
to be unable to lift (sth); to find (sth) too heavy
to stir / to prod / to poke / to move sideways / to strum (on a guitar etc)
loose / slack / (fig.) to soften (policies, tone of voice) / to give some slack / (of a place) not crowded
to brake
insurrection / rebellion
to sprout / (fig.) to emerge
military operation
productive labor
to remain unmoved
to motivate
lit. the original seal has not been disturbed (idiom) / fig. left completely unchanged; untouched; intact
sex drive
to roll / (to do sth) in a loop / to scroll (computing) / to progressively expand (economics) / to rumble (of thunder)
HSK 7-9
agricultural activities
to quiver / to vibrate / to shake (sth)
to cold start (a vehicle, a computer etc)
to fan / to flap / to incite / to instigate (a strike etc)
to incite / to instigate
HSK 7-9
movable
to twitch / to throb / a spasm / to divert (money) to other uses
(military) decapitation strike
extreme sport
regenerative braking
May Fourth Movement / Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
ice-sports
to shake up / to deal a shock / (fig.) to stir (sb's heart)
to start up (a motor) / to launch (a computer application)
disturbance; uproar / CL: 陣|阵 / to become restless
sunspot activity / solar variation
(Tw) to play video games
locomotive / motorized / power-driven / adaptable / flexible (use, treatment, timing etc)
HSK 7-9
December 9th Movement (1935), student-led demonstrations demanding that the Chinese government resist Japanese aggression

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