撬动

撬動

qiàodòng

verb

Meanings

1 to pry; to shift with a lever
2 to leverage; to set in motion (funds, a market)

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

政府希望用少量资金撬动更多社会投资。

Zhèngfǔ xīwàng yòng shǎoliàng zījīn qiàodòng gèng duō shèhuì tóuzī.

The government hopes to use a small amount of public money to leverage more private investment.

HSK 7-9

他用一根铁棍撬动了那块大石头。

Tā yòng yì gēn tiěgùn qiàodòng le nà kuài dà shítou.

He shifted the big rock with an iron bar.

Tips

culture

Archimedes' boast, "Give me a fulcrum and I will move the earth", is quoted in Chinese with this verb: 给我一个支点，我就能撬动地球. The figurative sense in news writing grows from the same image: a small force in the right place moves something large.

Stroke Order

撬 qiào

动 dòng