出 chū
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 凵 — container
- Made of
- 屮 sprout 凵 container
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
出动
chūdòng
to dispatch; to turn out; to mobilise
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Example phrases
- 警方连夜出动无人机搜索失踪人员。 Jǐngfāng liányè chūdòng wúrénjī sōusuǒ shīzōng rényuán. The police deployed drones overnight to search for the missing person.
- 暴雨来了，消防队立刻出动救援。 Bàoyǔ lái le, xiāofángduì lìkè chūdòng jiùyuán. A rainstorm came and the fire brigade immediately turned out to help.
- 周末全家出动，去郊外的果园摘苹果。 Zhōumò quán jiā chūdòng, qù jiāowài de guǒyuán zhāi píngguǒ. At the weekend the whole family turns out to pick apples in an orchard outside town.