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振作

zhèn zuò · zhen zuo

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HSK 7–9

Meaning

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  1. to bestir oneself
  2. to pull oneself together
  3. to cheer up
  4. to uplift
  5. to stimulate
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Dumplings first

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)怎么了(zěnmele)？看起来(kànqǐlai)不(bù)开心(kāixīn)。

    What is wrong? You do not look happy.

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)今天(jīntiān)什么(shénme)都(dōu)不(bù)想(xiǎng)做(zuò)。

    I do not want to do anything today.

  3. Liangliang

    别(bié)难过(nánguò)，振作(zhènzuò)一点(yīdiǎn)！

    Do not be sad. Cheer up a little!

  4. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)也(yě)想(xiǎng)振作(zhènzuò)，可是(kěshì)没有(méiyǒu)力气(lìqi)。

    I want to pull myself together too, but I have no energy.

  5. Liangliang

    我们(wǒmen)去(qù)吃(chī)饺子(jiǎozi)吧(ba)，吃饱了(chībǎole)才能(cáinéng)振作(zhènzuò)。

    Let us go eat dumplings. You can only cheer up once you are full.

  6. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)要(yào)先(xiān)吃(chī)二十个(èrshígè)饺子(jiǎozi)，然后(ránhòu)再(zài)振作(zhènzuò)。

    Good. I will first eat twenty dumplings, and then cheer up.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

失(shī)败(bài)一(yí)次(cì)没(méi)关(guān)系(xi)，你(nǐ)要(yào)振(zhèn)作(zuò)起(qǐ)来(lái)。

Failing once doesn't matter; you need to pull yourself together.

02

听(tīng)到(dào)这(zhè)个(ge)好(hǎo)消(xiāo)息(xi)，他(tā)立(lì)刻(kè)振(zhèn)作(zuò)了(le)起(qǐ)来(lái)。

Hearing the good news, he immediately cheered up.

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