萌動

萌动
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. 草木發芽。
  2. 開始發動。

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 動 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 動詞 dòngcí, verb

Related entries

出苗 chūmiáo
  1. to sprout
  2. to come out (of seedling)
  3. to bud
權輿 quányú
  1. to sprout
  2. (fig). to begin
  3. beginning
滋芽 zīyá
  1. (dialect) to sprout
  2. to germinate
萌發 méngfā
  1. to sprout
  2. to shoot
  3. to bud
長出 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

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