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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

行动 [xíngdòng]
  1. 1. verb [行走] move about
    奶奶年纪大了,行动不便。
    Grandma's getting old and finding it harder to move about.
  2. 2. verb [活动] take action
    采取行动
    take action

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

行动 [xíngdòng]
  1. 1. move (or get) about
    行动不便
    have difficulty getting about
    行动缓慢
    move slowly; be slowmoving
    因为公司给他配了车,所以他行动很方便。
    他的行动很迅速,很快就办好了事情。
  2. 2. act; take action
    行动起来
    go into action
    按计划行动
    Proceed according to plan.
    这个计划的实施需要我们从身边的小事开始行动
    一切行动都在按计划进行。
  3. 3. action; operation;move;op
    军事行动
    military operations
    行动纲领
    programme of action
    这次的剿敌行动需要你们的配合。
    我们制定了行动方案。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

行动 [xíngdòng]
  1. 1. 走动;行走
    脚扭伤了,行动不便。
  2. 2. 为达到某种目的而进行活动
    同学们响应号召,都行动起来了。
  3. 3. 举动;动作
    他的行动引起了公安人员的注意。
  4. 4. 参见"行为"的提示。

Examples

避免轻率行动
refrain from any rash action 避免
我们看一个人,不是根据他的表白,而是根据他的行动
We judge a person not by what he says but by what he does. 表白
他的腿有残疾,行动不便。
He's got a deformed leg, so he has difficulty getting about. 残疾
行动迟缓
act slowly 迟缓
采取单独行动
take independent action 单独
敌对行动
hostilities 敌对
不要放空炮,拿出行动来。
Now, none of your empty talk. Let's see how you act. 放空炮
共同行动
act in concert 共同
采取果敢的行动
take resolute action 果敢
过火的行动
excesses 过火

Collocations

行动不便
to have difficulty moving about
开始行动
to make a move
行动纲领
the plan of action
统一行动
a united action
马上行动
to act immediately
行动起来
to go into action
行动自由
freedom of action
大规模行动
mass-scale action
军事行动
military action
采取行动
to take action

Word Decomposition


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