动弹 dòngtan to budge
How to remember 动弹: 动 move + 弹 bullet = to budge.
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How it is used
- To budge/move (of a body or object able to move) - usually in the negative - 冻得动弹不了 (dòng de dòngtan bu liǎo) too cold to move.
- Note 弹 = tan (neutral tone) here; almost always in 不能/不了 patterns about being stuck.
- Colloquial; about physical mobility, not motion in general (that's 动).