推动 tuīdòng to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan)
to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to
How to remember 推动: 推 push + 动 move = to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan).
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How it is used
- To push forward / give impetus to (a cause, process, development) - 推动经济发展 (tuīdòng jīngjì fāzhǎn) drive economic growth.
- Figurative propelling of abstract processes/reforms. The literal 'push an object' is just 推 (tuī).
- Distinguish from 推进 (tuījìn, to advance/push on, stresses forward progress in stages) - 推动 stresses being the driving force that gets things moving.