调动 diàodòng to transfer
to transfer; to maneuver (troops etc); movement of personnel; to mobilize; to bring into play
How to remember 调动: 调 tune + 动 move = to transfer.
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How it is used
- Two jobs: (1) to transfer/reassign personnel - 工作调动 (gōngzuò diàodòng) a job transfer; (2) to mobilize/bring into play - 调动积极性 (diàodòng jījíxìng) to rouse enthusiasm.
- Note the reading is diào (not tiáo) here: shifting people/troops or activating resources and energy.
- 调动一切力量 (diàodòng yíqiè lìliàng) to marshal every resource.