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MEANING/意义

动摇

EXAMPLES/列句

那次惨败动摇了这支部队的士气。

nà cì cǎn bài dòng yáo le zhè zhī bù duì de shì qì .

That terrible defeat has shaken the morale of this army.

SL	Character	PinYin	Translation
1.	那	nà	that (used in place of sth or sb further away in distance or time)
2.	次	cì	times (of repeating something)
3.	惨败	cǎn bài	suffer a crushing defeat
4.	动摇	dòng yáo	waver，shake，be indecisive
5.	了	liǎo	understand，know clearly
6.	这	zhè	(used before a noun; used alone as a subject or object of a sentence) this; now，this moment
7.	支	zhī	measure word for pencils; a piece of music，tune，song etc.; branch (of office，etc.) ; twelve earthly branches
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一旦他发了誓，他的忠诚从不动摇。

yí dàn tā fā le shì ，tā de zhōng chéng cóng bú dòng yáo

Once he took the vow his loyalty never wavered.

SL	Character	PinYin	Translation
1.	一旦	yí dàn	a single day，a very short time; once，in case
2.	他	tā	he，him; another，other; everyone; meaningless mock object
3.	发	fà	hair
4.	了	liǎo	understand，know clearly
5.	誓	shì	oath，vow; to take an oath，to pledge，to swear
6.	的	de	used with an adjective or an attributive phrase; used to form a noun; used to emphasize the doer，time or place
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COMBINATIONS/组合

毫不动摇

háo bú dòng yáo

(of one's will) unswervingly; impregnable，unshaken; not waver in the least