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生动

shēng dòng

HSK 3 · word 1858 of 3,000

Meaning

• (of descriptions, writing etc) vivid; lively

Example sentence

Characters in 生动

• 生 shēng to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born
• 动 dòng (of sth) to move

生 alive plus 动, to move. Alive and moving, hence vivid — said of descriptions.

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