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驅使

简驱使 · 繁驅使

Mandarin · pinyin qū shǐ

to urge
to prompt
to spur on
to order sb about

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使: shǐ · cause, send on a mission, order; envoy, messenger, ambassador
驱: qū · spur a horse on; expel, drive away

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1–3 · qu1 shi3

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keoi1 si2

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verb

(literary) to send (on an errand, mission, etc.); to dispatch; to deploy
to induce; to spur; to provoke; to drive (somebody to do something); to contribute to (some development)

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