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HSK 5Word · VerbTraditional啟發

enlighten; inspire; stimulate

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Meanings

1 sense · 5 examples
1.

verb

to enlighten; to inspire; to lead someone to understand or realize something

neutral

Used in educational, psychological, or motivational contexts. The subject can be a person, thing, or idea.

Lǎo老
shī师
yòng用
shēng生
dòng动
de的
lì例
zi子
qǐ启
fā发
xué学
shēng生
sī思
kǎo考
 。

The teacher used vivid examples to inspire the students to think.

Zhè这
běn本
shū书
gěi给
le了
wǒ我
hěn很
dà大
de的
qǐ启
fā发
 。

This book gave me a lot of inspiration.

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Hǎo好
de的
lǐng领
dǎo导
yào要
shàn善
yú于
qǐ启
fā发
yuán员
gōng工
de的
jī积
jí极
xìng性
 。

A good leader must be good at stimulating employees' initiative.

Tā他
de的
jiǎng讲
huà话
hěn很
yǒu有
qǐ启
fā发
xìng性
 。

His speech was very enlightening.

Zhè这
cì次
shī失
bài败
de的
jīng经
lì历
fǎn反
ér而
qǐ启
fā发
le了
tā他
xún寻
zhǎo找
xīn新
de的
fāng方
fǎ法
 。

This failure instead inspired him to look for new methods.