zhu3
dong4
  1. to take the initiative
  2. to do sth of one's own accord
  3. spontaneous
  4. active
  5. opposite: passive 被動|被动[bei4 dong4]
  6. drive (of gears and shafts etc)

Characters

  • 主 (主): owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games)
  • 动 (動): (of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 動詞|动词[dong4 ci2], verb

Resources

Examples

他主动帮他妈妈做家务。

伦敦市政府会叫青少年乘公共交通时必须主动给“老人让座”,否则会失去免费乘坐公交车的权利。

原告主動向法院提起訴訟,法院才開始審理。

荷蘭的公立教育常會教授法語、德語或者西班牙語,有時也會教像拉丁語和希臘語這樣的古典語言,不過古典語言的學習需要由學生主動提出。

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