挪窝

挪窩
nuówō
verb #34,736

Meanings

  1. 1 to move (from one's spot)
  2. 2 to relocate (informal)
  3. 3 to budge
  4. 4 to switch jobs / change residence (colloquial)

Examples

Tā zuò zài shāfā shàng yídòng-bùdòng, yì wǎnshang méi nuówō.
He sat motionless on the sofa and didn't budge all evening.
Gōngzuò le shí nián, tā zhōngyú juédìng nuówō le.
After ten years on the job, he finally decided to move on.

Tips

register
Colloquial — literally 'shift one's nest'. Three flavors: physically getting up from a spot, moving house, or quitting/switching jobs. Often paired with negation (挪窝, 挪窝) for stubbornly staying put.
memory
= to shift, = nest. Picture an animal that won't leave its burrow — that's 挪窝.

Stroke Order

nuó