出动

chū dòng · chu dong

Traditional 出動

Meaning

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  1. to start out on a trip
  2. to dispatch troops

In a sentence

2 examples
01

警(jǐng)察(chá)出(chū)动(dòng)了(le)大(dà)批(pī)警(jǐng)力(lì),终(zhōng)于(yú)抓(zhuā)住(zhù)了(le)小(xiǎo)偷(tōu)。

The police dispatched a large number of officers and finally caught the thief.

02

为(wèi)了(le)寻(xún)找(zhǎo)失(shī)踪(zōng)的(de)孩(hái)子(zi),全(quán)村(cūn)人(rén)都(dōu)出(chū)动(dòng)了(le)。

In order to search for the missing child, the whole village turned out.

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