鼓起
gǔ qǐ
Pinyin

Definition

鼓起
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gǔ qǐ
  1. to summon one's (courage, faith etc)
  2. to puff up (one's cheeks etc)
  3. to bulge
  4. to swell out

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)
zài yī qǐ
  1. 1 together
fā qǐ
  1. 1 to originate
  2. 2 to initiate
  3. 3 to launch (an attack, an initiative etc)
  4. 4 to start
  5. 5 to propose sth (for the first time)
  1. 1 to rise
  2. 2 to raise
  3. 3 to get up
  4. 4 to set out
  5. 5 to start
  6. 6 to appear
  7. 7 to launch
  8. 8 to initiate (action)
  9. 9 to draft
  10. 10 to establish
  11. 11 to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. 12 verb suffix, to start
  13. 13 starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. 14 classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. 15 classifier for groups: batch, group
qǐ lai
  1. 1 to stand up
  2. 2 to get up
  3. 3 also pr. [qǐ lái]

Idioms (20)

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)
任凭风浪起,稳坐钓鱼台
rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú tái
  1. 1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
  2. 2 a cool head in a crisis
偃旗息鼓
yǎn qí xī gǔ
  1. 1 lit. lay down the flag and still the drums (idiom); fig. to cease
  2. 2 to give in

Sample Sentences

他鼓起勇气对女孩儿说:“嗨!好久没看到你了!”
tā gǔqǐ yǒngqì duì nǚháiēr shuō :“hāi !hǎojiǔ méi kàndào nǐ le !”
He gathered his courage and said to the girl, "Hi! I haven't seen you in a while! "
小倩,马老师看过很多这样的案例。他越是威胁你,你越是要鼓起勇气。
Xiǎoqiàn ,Mǎ lǎoshī kàn guo hěn duō zhèyàng de ànlì 。tā yuèshì wēixié nǐ ,nǐ yuèshì yào gǔqǐ yǒngqì 。
Xiao Qian, I've seen this kind of case many times. The more he threatens you, the more courage you have to muster.
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