The engine died.
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动机
Traditional: 動機
dòng jī
HSK 3.0 · 5HSK 2.0 · 6
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dòng jī · dung6 gei1 (Jyutping)
- motive; motivation
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
Jealousy was the motive for the murder.
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