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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

起动 [qǐdòng]
  1. 1. verb start

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

起动 [qǐdòng]
  1. 1. (of a train, machine, etc.) start
    我们到达车站时,火车正好起动
    We arrived at the station just as the train was leaving.
起动 [qǐdòng]
  1. 1. setting in motion

Examples

起动机关
starting gear
His car wouldn't start, so I helped him.
他的车起动不了,所以我帮助了他。
the train started with a jerk
火车颠簸着起动

Word Decomposition


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