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Usage of the character 挪

nuó
[挪]
  • to shift
  • to move
téngnuó
腾挪
[騰挪]
  • to move
  • to shift
  • to move out of the way
  • to divert (money etc) to a different purpose
Nuóyà
挪亚
[挪亞]
  • Noah
nuódòng
挪动
[挪動]
  • to move
  • to shift
nuókāi
挪开
[挪開]
  • to move (sth) aside
  • to step aside
  • to move over (when sitting on a bench)
  • to shift (one's gaze)
nuójiè
挪借
[挪借]
  • to borrow money for a short time
nuóyòng
挪用
[挪用]
  • to shift (funds)
  • to (legitimately) take funds set aside for one purpose in order to use them for another
  • to embezzle
  • to misappropriate
Nuówēi
挪威
[挪威]
  • Norway
nuówōr
挪窝儿
[挪窩兒]
  • (dialect) to move (after being some time in the same place); to move (house)
shǎnzhuǎnténgnuó
闪转腾挪
[閃轉騰挪]
  • to move nimbly about, dodging and weaving (martial arts)
zhǎnzhuǎnténgnuó
展转腾挪
[展轉騰挪]
  • see 閃轉騰挪/闪转腾挪 (shǎnzhuǎnténgnuó)
shùnuósǐ,rénnuóhuó
树挪死,人挪活
[樹挪死,人挪活]
  • lit. if moved to a new location, a tree will die, but a person will live (idiom)
  • fig. human beings, unlike trees, thrive on change