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动摇

dòng yáo

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 動搖

动摇 (dòng yáo) means "to sway; to waver; to rock". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 动摇 means

1. to sway
2. to waver
3. to rock
4. to rattle
5. to destabilize
6. to pose a challenge to

The characters in 动摇

• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace
• 摇yáoto shake; to rock; to row

Example sentences

• 到了最后的一刻，我的决心突然动摇了。
  Dào le zuì hòu de yī kè, wǒ de juéxīn tūrán dòngyáo le.
  My resolution dissolved at the last moment.

Words containing 动摇

• 不动摇bù dòng yáounmoved

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