开动 (kāi dòng) — to start (a machine, engine, vehicle); (colloquial) to start eating; to dig in

Definición

开动 (kāidòng) means 'to start' a machine or engine, like 启动, but also colloquially means 'to dig in' and start eating. 发动 adds a sense of mobilizing people or launching a campaign.

verb
to start (a machine, engine, vehicle)(colloquial) to start eatingto dig in

Ejemplos

  • 开动
    Gōng rén kāi dòng le zhè tái jī qì.
    The worker started this machine.
  • 开动
    Cài dōu lái le, dà jiā kāi dòng ba!
    The dishes are all here, everyone dig in!
  • 开动
    Jūn duì kāi dòng le, xiàng nán fāng qián jìn.
    The army started moving and marched southward.

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