卷起 (juǎn qǐ) — to roll up (sleeves, paper, mat, etc.); to cause, to stir up (an accident, a disturbance, etc.)
Definition
A separable verb with two distinct senses: physically rolling something up (sleeves, paper), or figuratively stirring up trouble. Note the split: 卷起 → 卷…起来 (rolled the map up, 把这张地图卷起来了).
verb
to roll up (sleeves, paper, mat, etc.)to causeto stir up (an accident, a disturbance, etc.)
Examples
- 卷起。Tā juǎn qǐ xiù zi kāi shǐ gàn huó.He rolled up his sleeves and started working.
- 卷起。Qǐng bǎ zhè zhāng dì tú juǎn qǐ lái.Please roll up this map.
- 卷起。Nà chǎng chē huò juǎn qǐ le bù xiǎo de fēng bō.That car accident stirred up quite a controversy.
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