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开动

kāi dòng

2-character word Traditional 開動

What 开动 means

1. to start
2. to set in motion
3. to move
4. to march
5. to dig in (eating)
6. to tuck in (eating)

The characters in 开动

• 开kāito open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start…
• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace

Sounds the same

Read kāi dòng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 开冻to thaw; to melt