掀

xiān
HSK 3.0 · HSK 7–9

to lift

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晨风轻轻掀起了窗前薄如蝉翼的白纱窗帘，清新怡人的泥土气息顿时扑面而来。

chén fēng qīng qīng xiān qǐ le chuāng qián báo rú chán yì de bái shā chuāng lián, qīng xīn yí rén de ní tǔ qì xī dùn shí pū miàn ér lái.

The morning breeze gently lifted the thin white gauze curtains in front of the window, and the fresh and pleasant earthy smell suddenly hit my face.

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Related Words & Compounds

掀起xiān qǐ

to set off; to begin

掀翻xiān fān

to turn sth over / to overturn

掀开xiān kāi

to lift open / to tear open

掀动xiān dòng

to stir / to lift / to set sth in motion

掀腾xiān téng

to surge up / raging (billows)

掀涌xiān yǒng

to seethe / to bubble up

掀掉xiān diào

to remove / to tear off

掀背车xiān bèi chē

hatchback

掀风鼓浪xiān fēng gǔ làng

to raise a storm / to stir up trouble / to instigate

掀天揭地xiān tiān jiē dì

earth-shattering

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