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投袂而起
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What 投袂而起 means
- lit. to shake one's sleeves and rise (idiom)
- fig. to get excited and move to action
The characters in 投袂而起
- 投tóuto throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc); to cast (a ballot)…
- 袂mèisleeve of a robe
- 而érand; as well as; and so
- 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up
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