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| Processed by: | richwarm (2026-10-03 11:02:55 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 88164 - submitted by 'polaris' >> "divert (money) to other uses"' seems uncommon and does not appear in mainstream dictionaries except 新时代汉英大词典. 抽动 chōudòng @ 《现代汉语词典》 〈动〉肌肉一缩一伸地颤动，多由于悲伤、气愤或疾病所致：她～着肩膀，伤心地哭起来。 ------------------------ Editor: The deleted sense is genuine, but appears to be obsolete and largely associated with land-reform terminology of the late 1940s. For example, a 1948 CCP directive says 如果需要抽出新富农甚至一部分富裕中农的土地时，必须取得被抽者的同意，方可抽动。 Contemporary People's Daily usage includes 中农（包括富裕中农）的房屋、牲畜、粮食及其他浮财等等一律不许抽动。 and 一部分富裕中农有少数多余土地，也必须经他们同意才能抽动。 So this sense, roughly "to take (land, property etc) for redistribution or other use", was certainly real. However, the examples I can find are concentrated in the specialized language of land reform around 1948, and the sense is absent from mainstream modern dictionaries. I haven't found comparable modern usage. The previous gloss "to divert (money) to other uses", based on NA's example 「这笔款切勿抽动」, was also too narrow. I think it's better to omit this obsolete sense from CEDICT. |
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- 抽動 抽动 [chou1 dong4] /to twitch/to throb/a spasm/to divert (money) to other uses/ # + 抽動 抽动 [[chou1dong4]] /to twitch; to throb; a spasm/ + 抽動 抽动 [[chou1dong4]] /to twitch; to jerk involuntarily/ |