一动

一動

yídòng

phrase #33,657

Meanings

1 one move; a single movement
2 (in 一动不动) at all (used in negative constructions: '(not) move at all')

Characters

Examples

他一动不动地站在那里。

Tā yídòng bú dòng de zhàn zài nàlǐ.

He stood there motionless, not moving at all.

我一动他就笑。

Wǒ yí dòng tā jiù xiào.

The moment I moved, he laughed.

Tips

grammar

Two patterns to know: (1) 一动不动 (yídòng-búdòng) is the fixed idiom for 'completely still / motionless'. (2) 一……就…… ('the moment X, then Y') with 动 — 我一动他就笑 ('the moment I move, he laughs') — uses 一动 as the trigger clause.

Stroke Order

一 yī

动 dòng