打动

dǎ dòng

HSK 3.0 Level 6 Verb Common

Definitions

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to infuriate

激怒 means 'to enrage', opposite of moving someone to sympathy or positive emotions.

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to infect; infection

感染 means 'to infect' or 'to influence', often used when one's emotions spread to others.

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to move (sb)

打动 emphasizes the act of moving someone emotionally, while 感动 can be used as a verb or adjective meaning 'to be moved'.

to touch

打动 focuses on emotionally moving someone; 触动 can also mean 'to touch' in a physical or emotional sense, but is less intense.

打动 is often used with 人心, as in 打动人心 (to move people's hearts). It collocates with words like 听众, 观众, or 读者.

不要混淆打动 (to move emotionally) 和打动 as a physical action; in modern Chinese, 打动 almost exclusively means emotional moving, not 'to strike' physically.

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这个故事打动了很多人。

This story moved many people.

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(of sth) to move

dozen (loanword)

to beat