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主动
zhǔ dòng
take the initiative
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What does 主动 mean?
主动 (pinyin: zhǔ dòng) means take the initiative. It belongs to the official HSK 4 vocabulary (upper intermediate), among the most frequent words of everyday Chinese.
Example with 主动
Character families
Every HSK 1–4 word containing 主 · Every HSK 1–4 word containing 动
The characters of 主动
| 主 | zhǔ | component character |
| 动 | dòng | component character |
Related HSK 4 words
| 现代 | Xiàn dài | modern |
| 判断 | pàn duàn | to judge, to decide |
| 限制 | xiàn zhì | limit, restriction |
| 硬 | yìng | hard, stiff |
| 正好 | zhèng hǎo | just right; exactly; by chance |
| 剩 | shèng | left over, remaining |
| 辛苦 | xīn kǔ | hard, tiring |
| 减少 | jiǎn shǎo | reduce |
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