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跳动

tiào dòng · tiao dong

Traditional 跳動

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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  1. to throb
  2. to pulse
  3. to bounce
  4. to jiggle
  5. to jump about
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After ten floors

  1. Liangliang

    电梯(diàntī)坏(huài)了(le)，我(wǒ)爬(pá)了(le)十(shí)层(céng)楼(lóu)。

    The elevator is broken. I climbed ten floors.

  2. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)的(de)脸(liǎn)好(hǎo)红(hóng)！

    Your face is so red!

  3. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)摸摸(mōmō)，我(wǒ)的(de)心脏(xīnzàng)跳动(tiàodòng)得(de)好(hǎo)快(kuài)。

    Feel this, my heart is beating so fast.

  4. Dengdeng

    真的(zhēnde)，跳动(tiàodòng)得(de)像(xiàng)鼓(gǔ)一样(yīyàng)。

    Really, it beats like a drum.

  5. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)要(yào)坐(zuò)一会儿(yīhuìr)。

    I will sit for a while.

  6. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)也(yě)要(yào)，我(wǒ)的(de)心脏(xīnzàng)也(yě)在(zài)跳动(tiàodòng)！

    Me too. My heart is beating too!

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2 examples
01

我(wǒ)感(gǎn)觉(jué)到(dào)自(zì)己(jǐ)的(de)心(xīn)在(zài)剧(jù)烈(liè)地(de)跳(tiào)动(dòng)。

I felt my heart beating violently.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)心(xīn)脏(zàng)停(tíng)止(zhǐ)了(le)跳(tiào)动(dòng), 随(suí)即(jí)死(sǐ)亡(wáng)。

His heart stopped beating and he died immediately.

Tatoeba: Chinese by trieuho · English by sharris123 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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