cuānduo

撺掇

Word · VerbTraditional攛掇

egg on; urge; instigate

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Meanings

1 sense · 4 examples
1.

verb

to egg sb on; to urge; to instigate; to encourage sb (to do sth, often sth unwise)

informal

Colloquial term, often implying encouragement to do something the person was originally hesitant or unwilling to do. Can carry a mild negative connotation of pushing someone into action.

Tā他
yī一
zài再
cuān撺
duo掇
wǒ我
xué学
huá滑
bīng冰
 。

He kept egging me on to learn ice skating.

Tā他
shuō说
tā他
běn本
lái来
bù不
xiǎng想
zuò做
 ,
dōu都
shì是
nǐ你
cuān撺
duo掇
tā他
zuò做
de的
 。

He said he didn't want to do it originally; it was all you egging him on to do it.

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Nǐ你
bié别
cuān撺
duo掇
tā他
zuò做
huài坏
shì事
 。

Don't egg him on to do bad things.

Shì是
shéi谁
cuān撺
duo掇
nǐ你
qù去
tóu投
zī资
de的
 ?

Who instigated you to go invest?