鼓 舞

gǔwǔ

verbadjectiveHSK 7-9

“To inspire” in Chinese is 鼓舞 (gǔwǔ).

Meaning

to inspire; to encourage; to hearten; to boost (morale)

Example

我们有一些令人鼓舞的消息。

We have some encouraging news.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

gǔHSK 513 strokesdrum wǔHSK 314 strokesto dance

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