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起到

qǐ dào

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

起到 (qǐ dào) means "(in an expression of the form 起到…用) to have (a (motivating etc) effect); to play (a (stabilizing etc) role)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 起到 means

1. (in an expression of the form {起到|qǐ dào} + … + {作用|zuò yòng}) to have (a (motivating etc) effect); to play (a (stabilizing etc) role)

The characters in 起到

• 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up
• 到dàoto reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)

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