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启动

qǐ dòng
HSK 5

English Meaning

to start (a machine); (fig.) to set in motion; to launch (an operation); to activate (a plan)

Authentic Cinema Dialogue 3 CURATED EVIDENCE CLIPS
我代替鸿鹄启动最后一步计划
HSK 6 00:02
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正是

“Indeed.”

“I'll initiate the last step on Swan Goose's behalf.”

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那具体的期限是

“If so, about the deadline...”

《御赐小仵作》 · crisis_and_conflict
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一个项目能不能顺利启动
HSK 6 00:01
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我原来做责编的时候

“back when I was an editor,”

“for a project to launch smoothly,”

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得满足好几拨人的需求

“it had to satisfy several groups' needs.”

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但是他是南赵刚启动的暗桩
HSK 6 00:01
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💡 INTENT:

“Do not get your hopes up; he is just a low-level pawn who knows very little.”

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招了

“Reporting to Your Highness. He has confessed.”

“However, he is a newly activated covert agent of Nanzhao.”

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只知道听命于孔雀

“He only knows to take orders from the Peacock.”

《御赐小仵作》 · historical_and_court
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