挥动 huīdòng wave Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 挥动 (揮動) huīdòng wave verb to move something back and forth or up and down, such as a hand or a flag 她向远去的船只挥动双手告别。 tā xiàng yuǎnqù de chuánzhī huīdòng shuāng shǒu gàobié. She waved both hands to say goodbye to the departing ship. brandish verb to wave a weapon or tool in a threatening or vigorous manner 歹徒挥动着手中的匕首试图恐吓路人。 dǎitú huīdòng zhe shǒu zhōng de bǐshǒu shìtú kǒnghè lùrén. The thug brandished a dagger to intimidate passers-by. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.49 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 2.65 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
挥动 (揮動) huīdòng wave verb to move something back and forth or up and down, such as a hand or a flag 她向远去的船只挥动双手告别。 tā xiàng yuǎnqù de chuánzhī huīdòng shuāng shǒu gàobié. She waved both hands to say goodbye to the departing ship. brandish verb to wave a weapon or tool in a threatening or vigorous manner 歹徒挥动着手中的匕首试图恐吓路人。 dǎitú huīdòng zhe shǒu zhōng de bǐshǒu shìtú kǒnghè lùrén. The thug brandished a dagger to intimidate passers-by. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.49 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 2.65 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)