发[fā]

动

1. send out; issue; emit; give forth; shoot

♦ ~电报 send a telegram

♦ ~传单 distribute leaflets

♦ ~命令 issue an order

♦ ~信号 give a signal

2. utter; express

♦ ~一通议论 speak at length

3. come or bring into existence

♦ 发电

♦ 发芽

4. become; come to be

♦ 脸色~白 become pale; lose colour

♦ 树叶~黄了。 The leaves are turning yellow.

♦ 肉~臭了。 The meat smells a bit off. or The meat smells bad.

5. (of foodstuffs) rise or expand when leavened or soaked

♦ 面~起来了。 The dough has risen.

♦ ~海参 puff up dried sea cucumbers (by soaking them in water)

6. develop; expand

♦ 发育

7. open up; expose

♦ 发掘

8. feel; have a feeling

♦ 嘴里~苦 have a bitter taste in the mouth

♦ ~麻 tingle

♦ ~痒 itch

9. start; set out

♦ 车船齐~。 All the boats and carts set out at the same time.

量(for bullets and shells)

♦ 一~炮弹 one shell

♦ 两百~子弹 two hundred rounds of ammunition; two hundred cartridges

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发

1. start; launch

♦ ~机器 start a machine; set a machine going

♦ ~战争 launch (or unleash) a war

2. call into action; mobilize; arouse

♦ ~群众 arouse the masses to action; mobilize the masses

发[fà]
名hair

♦ 白~ white hair

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