What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 主动 mean?

主动 zhǔdòng

active; on one's own initiative; initiative

It can also mean

  • driving (of a machine part)

Its characters

  1. 主 zhǔ master
  2. 动 dòng to move

In a sentence

他总是主动帮助别人。 He always helps others on his own initiative.

我坐立不安,终于第一次主动打了过去。

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