Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.infmlchange; alter; move; stir
不许动！
Don't move!
她吓得不敢动。
She was too scared to move.
火车开始动了。
The train began to move.
他一动不动，假装睡着了。
He didn't stir, pretending to be asleep.
antonym
- 2
n.act; get moving
我们得快点动。
We have to act quickly.
咱们动起来吧。
Let's get things moving.
只要大家动起来，事情就好办。
It will be easier if everybody acts together.
机器不动了。
The machine isn't moving.
- 3
v.touch; arouse; excite; move
我们不为金钱所动。
We are not to be swayed by money
私自挪用公款简直动了公愤。
Embezzlement of public funds without permission has aroused public outrage.
动怒
lose one's temper
动人肺腑
touch one's heartstrings
- 4
v.use; make use of
动笔
take up the pen
动手
start work
动脑筋
use one's head
先不要动那笔钱。
Don't use the sum of money now.
- 5
adv.frequently; easily; at every turn; usually; tend to
他动不动就发火。
He loses his temper easily.
动辄得咎
be blamed for every move
观众动以万计。
Audiences easily numbered in the tens of thousands.
- 6
v.dial(usually used in the negative) eat or drink
他从不动酒。
He never touches alcoholic drinks.
这病不宜动荤腥。
Consumption of meat and fish is not advisable for those with this illness.
Words and phrases with 动
- 动荡[word]rock; turbulence
- 动身[word]get/set/start off
- 动作片[word]action movie/film
- 动画片[word]animated cartoon/drawing/film
- 动能[word]kinetic energy
- 动植物[word]animals and plants
- 动词[word]verb
- 动向[word]trend
- 动摇[word]sway; shake
- 动荡不定[idiom]be unsettled
- 动荡不安[idiom]turbulent
- 动人肺腑[idiom]touch one's heart
- 动魄惊心[idiom]heart-shaking
- 动如脱兔[idiom]act with agility
- 动手动脚[idiom]take liberties; make motions to start a fight
- 动人心弦[idiom]be deeply moving
- 动辄得咎[idiom]be constantly taken to task
- 动人心魄[idiom]be soul-stirring