动机(dòng jī): motive
motive
Character breakdown
2 characters · plays one at a time
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Example sentences
How 动机 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.
他犯罪的真正动机仍不清楚。
tā fàn zuì de zhēn zhèng dòng jī réng bù qīng chǔ
His real motive for the crime remains obscure.
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