促 (cù) — to urge, to promote, to hasten; (literary) to be close to; to be short (of time)

Definition

Examples

• 政府出台新政策促进经济发展。
  Zhèng fǔ chū tái xīn zhèng cè cù jìn jīng jì fā zhǎn.
  The government introduced new policies to promote economic development.
• 他不断催促我早点出发。
  Tā bú duàn cuī cù wǒ zǎo diǎn chū fā.
  He kept urging me to leave earlier.
• 两人促膝长谈，直到深夜。
  Liǎng rén cù xī cháng tán, zhí dào shēn yè.
  The two sat knee-to-knee and talked late into the night.

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