勾起 - Zhictionary

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勾起

gōuqǐ

to evoke
to induce
to call to mind
to pick up with a hook

to evoke; to induce; to call to mind; to pick up with a hook

Examples

我不愿意勾起久远的回忆。

I don't want to stir up old memories.

Source: Tatoeba

这首歌勾起了我童年的回忆。

This song reminds me of my childhood.

Source: Tatoeba

这些音乐勾起了我儿时的回忆。

The music carried me back to my childhood.

Source: Tatoeba

那首歌总是勾起我中学时代的回忆。

Every time I hear that song, I think of my high school days.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

to attract
to arouse
to tick
to strike out
to delineate
to collude
variant of 钩 gōu, hook

to rise
to raise
to get up
to set out
to start
to appear
to launch
to initiate (action)
to draft
to establish
to get (from a depot or counter)
verb suffix, to start
starting from (a time, place, price etc)
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
classifier for groups: batch, group

Related entries

to arouse
to evoke
to cause
to stir up

我的兴趣被激起来了。

My interest quickened.

Source: Tatoeba

to delineate
to articulate
to evoke
to draw out
to tick off

to waken (to action)
to rouse (the masses)
to evoke (attention, recollection etc)

to lead to
to trigger
to initiate
to cause
to evoke (emotions)

自慰引发疯狂。

Masturbation leads to insanity.

Source: Tatoeba

to induce
to cause
to elicit
to trigger

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