启发
qǐfā
to inspire, to enlighten
Part of speech · verb / noun
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 老师的话启发了我。The teacher's words inspired me.
- 这本书给了我很大的启发。This book gave me great inspiration.
Collocations
启发学生给予启发很有启发启发思维
Mnemonic
启 qǐ "to open" + 发 fā "to issue, develop": to open the mind and draw it out, i.e. to inspire, enlighten. Both a verb ("to inspire") and a noun ("inspiration"). Same 启 as 启动 but a different sense. Polyphone: 发 is fā (启发) but fà (头发, hair).
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