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Motionless in Chinese: 一动不动 (yī dòng bù dòng)

yī dòng bù dòng

motionless

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 一動不動1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1motionless

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ㄧ

yī

ㄧ/ i—/ first tone

ㄉㄨㄥˋ

dòng

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

ㄅㄨˋ

bù

ㄅ/ bㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄉㄨㄥˋ

dòng

ㄉ/ dㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

一动不动

Simplified

一動不動

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 那只猫一动不动地趴在门口。

    nà zhī māo yí dòng bu dòng dì pā zài mén kǒu。

    That cat lay motionless at the doorway.

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Related words

不

bù

no

一

yī

one

动

dòng

(of sth) to move

第一

dì yī

first

一起

yī qǐ

in the same place

运动

yùn dòng

to move

动物

dòng wù

animal

一般

yī bān

same

一边

yī biān

one side

一定

yī dìng

surely

一共

yī gòng

altogether

一样

yī yàng

same

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