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What does 动机 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

动机 dòngjī

motive; motivation

Its characters

  1. 动 dòng to move
  2. 机 jī machine

In a sentence

他这样做的动机是什么? What was his motive for doing this?

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