鼓舞

Meaning(verb, verbal noun)

heartening (news); to boost (morale)

Measure words: 个

Examples

• 老师的话鼓舞了我们。

  lǎo shī de huà gǔ wǔ le wǒ men.

  The teacher's words encouraged us.

• 这是一个令人鼓舞的消息。

  zhè shì yí gè lìng rén gǔ wǔ de xiāo xī.

  This is heartening news.

• 比赛赢了，大家都很受鼓舞。

  bǐ sài yíng le, dà jiā dōu hěn shòu gǔ wǔ.

  Everyone was encouraged by the win.

Easily confused

• 鼓励 — Cheering a team is 加油; 鼓舞 means to lift morale (subject often a piece of news); 鼓励 means to encourage someone to do something.

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