起作用
qǐ zuò yòng
Pinyin

Definition

起作用
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qǐ zuò yòng
  1. to have an effect
  2. to play a role
  3. to be operative
  4. to work
  5. to function

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一起
yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)
在一起
zài yī qǐ
  1. 1 together
工作
gōng zuò
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 (of a machine) to operate
  3. 3 job
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 task
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
  7. 7 classifier: 份 fèn
  8. 8 classifier: 项 xiàng
想起
xiǎng qǐ
  1. 1 to recall
  2. 2 to think of
  3. 3 to call to mind
用
yòng
  1. 1 to use
  2. 2 to employ
  3. 3 to have to
  4. 4 to eat or drink
  5. 5 expense or outlay
  6. 6 usefulness
  7. 7 hence
  8. 8 therefore

Idioms (20)

一心二用
yī xīn èr yòng
  1. 1 to do two things at once (idiom)
  2. 2 to multitask
  3. 3 to divide one's attention
一波未平，一波又起
yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ
  1. 1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
  2. 2 many twists and turns to a story
  3. 3 one thing after another
一病不起
yī bìng bù qǐ
  1. 1 to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
事不关己，高高挂起
shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ
  1. 1 to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
以身作则
yǐ shēn zuò zé
  1. 1 to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model