qū​shǐ

to prompt

  • created sense approved 驱使/驅使 · qū​shǐ · to prompt — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    驱使 / 驅使

    qū​shǐ

    to prompt

    To urge or spur on; to be driven by an internal feeling or motivation.

    驱 (literal) → 驱/驅 · qū · to compel 使 (literal) → 使 · shǐ · to make

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 驱使/驅使 · qū​shǐ · to order about — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    驱使 / 驅使

    qū​shǐ

    to order about

    To command or dispatch someone to do something; to have someone at one's beck and call.

    驱 (literal) → 驱/驅 · qū · to drive 使 (literal) → 使 · shǐ · to send

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

    created sense