起锚

起錨
qǐmáo
to weigh anchor

CEDICT

  1. (nautical) to raise anchor; to weigh anchor
  2. to raise anchor; to weigh anchor
  3. “Act Now” (slogan used by the Hong Kong Government in 2010)

Wiktionary

吊起沉在海底的铁锚，为船隻开航的准备工作。亦可指船启航。

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Entry Composition

1 起 qǐ
  1. to rise
  2. to raise
  3. to get up
  4. to set out
  5. to start
  6. to appear
  7. to launch
  8. to initiate (action)
  9. to draft
  10. to establish
  11. to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. verb suffix, to start
  13. starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. classifier for groups: batch, group
2 锚 máo anchor

Related entries

拔锚 bámáo to weigh anchor