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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 operate / to use connections (personal influence) / loose / shaky / active / movable / activity / campaign / maneuver / behavior / CL: 項|项, 個|个
HSK 2
to move / to exercise / sports / exercise / motion / movement / campaign / CL: 場|场
HSK 2
operation / action / CL: 個|个 / to move about / mobile
HSK 2
to move (sb) / to touch (sb emotionally) / moving
HSK 2
automatic / voluntarily
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 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
(of descriptions, writing etc) vivid; lively
HSK 3
to start / to launch / to unleash / to mobilize / to arouse
HSK 3
to turn sth around / to swivel
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
to change / to fluctuate / change / fluctuation
HSK 5
passive
HSK 5
to have an urge / to be impetuous / impulse / urge
HSK 5
work / toil / physical labor / CL:
HSK 5
act / action / activity / move / movement
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 vibrate / to shake / vibration
HSK 5
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
to incite / to instigate
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
to throb / to pulse / to bounce / to jiggle / to jump about
HSK 7-9
to alter / to modify / to revise
HSK 7-9
motionless
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
(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
to start / to set in motion / to move / to march / to dig in (eating) / to tuck in (eating)
HSK 7-9
manual / manually operated / manual gear-change
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
aerobics
to flicker or flash
May Fourth Movement / Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles
lit. the original seal has not been disturbed (idiom) / fig. left completely unchanged; untouched; intact
political movement
a leather drive belt
heartbeat; heart rate / (fig.) emotionally affected; aroused (of desire, emotion, interest etc)
drive (transmission in an engine)
to reboot; to restart
to affect / to produce a change in sth
to shift; to alter / unusual change; abnormal move
water sports / aquatic motion / movement over water
disturbance; uproar / CL: 陣|阵 / to become restless
to shake; to sway; to rock
to walk around; to move about; to stretch one's legs; to go for a walk / to be mobile (e.g. after an illness) / to visit one another; to socialize / to pay a visit (go to the toilet)
to slide / sliding movement
pulse / throbbing / pulsation
to move as in a dance / to wave (some implement) / to flourish / (of eyes, hands etc) to dance / to flutter
to vibrate / to quiver
to quiver / to vibrate / to shake (sth)
to wave sth / to brandish
sports / physical culture
to shake up / to deal a shock / (fig.) to stir (sb's heart)
economic activity
to be quick-witted
(idiom) every movement; each and every move
to act blindly without thinking (idiom)
to wiggle / to squirm / peristalsis (wave movement of gut wall)
loose / slack / (fig.) to soften (policies, tone of voice) / to give some slack / (of a place) not crowded
to move / to shift
to pound / to throb
to disturb / to stir up / disturbance / agitation / turmoil
to twitch / to throb / a spasm / to divert (money) to other uses
to alarm / to startle / to disturb
active / restless / energetic
insurrection / rebellion
sound coming from sth (typically sth not immediately visible) / also pr. [xiang3 dong5]
to not move a single jot (idiom)
to hold back one's troops without moving (idiom); to bide one's time
lit. grass stirring in the wind (idiom) / fig. the slightest whiff of trouble
to mix; to stir
to persuade
to begin to stir (idiom) / to get restless / to become threatening
to sprout / (fig.) to emerge
social activity
to brake
to shake (a part of one's body) / to shrug (shoulders) / to create a sensation / to incite
to shake / to sway
to move (sth) around / to move house
thunderous applause (idiom)
to wait for the opportune moment before taking action (idiom)
not shaken by thunder (idiom); the arrangements are unalterable / to adhere rigidly to regulations / will go ahead whatever happens (of an arrangement or plan)
to open and close (the mouth etc)
the New Culture Movement (mid-1910s and 1920s), intellectual revolution against Confucianism aiming to introduce Western elements, especially democracy and science

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