動不動
dòng​bu​dòng HSK7

at the drop of a hat

  • created sense approved 动不动/動不動 · dòng​bu​dòng · at the drop of a hat — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    动不动 / 動不動

    dòng​bu​dòng

    at the drop of a hat

    Used to describe something that happens easily or frequently, often at the slightest provocation; typically followed by [[就|就|jiu4]] and used for unpleasant or undesirable actions.

    dòng​bú​dòng, dòng​bù​dòng

    动 (literal) → 动/動 · dòng · frequently 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 动 (literal) → 动/動 · dòng · frequently

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense