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鼓舞

gǔ wǔ

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

鼓舞 (gǔ wǔ) means "to hearten; to inspire; encouraging". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 鼓舞 means

1. to inspire; to encourage; to hearten; to boost (morale)

The characters in 鼓舞

• 鼓gǔdrum; to drum; to strike
• 舞wǔto dance; to wield; to brandish

Example sentences

• 那真令人鼓舞。
  Nà zhēn lìngréngǔwǔ.
  That's encouraging.
• 我借由听音乐来鼓舞我自己。
  Wǒ jièyóu tīng yīnyuè lái gǔwǔ wǒ zìjǐ.
  I cheered myself up by listening to music.
• 我们有一些令人鼓舞的消息。
  Wǒmen yǒuyīxiē lìngréngǔwǔ de xiāoxi.
  We have some encouraging news.
• 她是一个奇怪，神秘和鼓舞人心的诗人。
  She's a strange, enigmatic and inspiring poet.

Words containing 鼓舞

• 欢欣鼓舞huān xīn gǔ wǔ(idiom) elated and excited; overjoyed
• 欢忭鼓舞huān biàn gǔ wǔsee 欢欣鼓舞

Where 鼓舞 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Courage, Determination & Hardship (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read gǔ wǔ correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.