Speak of angels and you hear their wings.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
挥动
to wave sth
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to wave sth
02
to brandish
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 挥动 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 挥动 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
The turbulent sands above our heads, the flinging of our swords... they're naught but falling stars in the night sky.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 挥动.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 挥动.
Directly before
- 手中挥动1
- 翅膀挥动1
- 面前挥动1
Directly after
- 挥动著1
- 挥动的1
- 挥动那1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 挥动
What does 挥动 mean in Chinese?
挥动 (huīdòng) means to wave sth.
How do you pronounce 挥动?
挥动 is pronounced huīdòng.
Is 挥动 an HSK word?
挥动 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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