萌动

萌動
méngdòng
  1. to sprout
  2. (fig.) to emerge

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) to start; to begin; to spring up
  2. (literal, botany) to sprout; to germinate; to bud
  3. to sprout; to germinate; to bud
  4. to start; to begin; to spring up

Wiktionary

  1. 草木发芽。
  2. 开始发动。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 萌 méng
  1. (bound form) to sprout; to bud
  2. (coll.) cute; adorable (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 萌え "moe", affection for an anime or manga character)
  3. variant of 氓 méng
2 动 dòng
  1. (of sth) to move
  2. to set in movement
  3. to displace
  4. to touch
  5. to make use of
  6. to stir (emotions)
  7. to alter
  8. abbr. for 动词 dòngcí, verb

Related entries

出苗 chūmiáo
  1. to sprout
  2. to come out (of seedling)
  3. to bud
权舆 quányú
  1. to sprout
  2. (fig). to begin
  3. beginning
滋芽 zīyá
  1. (dialect) to sprout
  2. to germinate
萌发 méngfā
  1. to sprout
  2. to shoot
  3. to bud
长出 zhǎngchū to sprout (leaves, buds, a beard etc)
錢不會從樹上長出來。

Money does not grow on trees.

Source: Tatoeba

茁 zhuó
  1. to display vigorous, new growth
  2. to sprout
来得 láide
  1. to emerge (from a comparison)
  2. to come out as
  3. to be competent or equal to
你來得很早。

You've arrived very early.

Source: Tatoeba

冒头 màotóu
  1. to emerge
  2. to crop up
  3. a little more than
出露 chūlù to emerge
浮出 fúchū to emerge
呈现 chéngxiàn
  1. to appear
  2. to emerge
  3. to present (a certain appearance)
  4. to demonstrate
他的脸上呈现了愤怒。

Anger showed on his face.

Source: Tatoeba

泛起 fànqǐ
  1. to appear
  2. to emerge
  3. to surface
當你在聽外語（或者不能說是外語吧！）的歌曲時 ﹣ 例如是斯洛伐克語、馬其頓語或者是斯洛文尼亞語的歌曲時 ﹣ 你會聽見一些你從小就懂得的字詞，有時甚至會聽懂一整句句子，然後，你的心裏就會泛起一陣溫暖的感覺。

It warms your heart when, while listening to a song in a (seemingly!) foreign language — Slovak, Macedonian, or Slovenian — you hear words that you have known since your childhood and even understand whole phrases.

Source: Tatoeba

浮起 fúqǐ
  1. to float
  2. to emerge
石头不会浮起来。

Stones don't swim.

Source: Tatoeba

出列 chūliè
  1. (military) to leave one's place in the ranks
  2. to fall out
  3. (fig.) to emerge
  4. to become prominent
出现 chūxiàn
  1. to appear
  2. to arise
  3. to emerge
  4. to show up
烟雾出现了。

Smoke appeared.

Source: Tatoeba

出笼 chūlóng
  1. (of food) to be taken out of the steamer
  2. (fig.) (often used with 纷纷 fēnfēn) (of products, information etc) to appear
  3. to emerge
  4. to come out
  5. (fig.) to dump
  6. to inundate the market
浮现 fúxiàn
  1. (of a thought or image) to come to mind
  2. (of a smile etc) to appear (on sb's face)
  3. (of a problem etc) to emerge
一个绝妙的想法浮现在他的脑海。

A magnificent idea materialized in front of him.

A wonderful idea floated to his mind.

Source: Tatoeba