动弹

• 拼音: dòng tan
• 汉字拆解: 动 = 云 + 力 (to move); 弹 = 弓 + 单 (to spring/flick — from a bow releasing an arrow)

含义

To move; to budge; to stir. Most commonly used in negative constructions to indicate being unable to move due to physical constraint, injury, exhaustion, or crowding.

The most frequent usage is 动弹不得 or 无法动弹 (unable to move at all). Used for physical immobility — injured, trapped, stuck in a crowd, or paralysed. The word has a slightly literary or expressive quality that makes it more vivid than plain 动.

例句

1. 地震过后，他被压在废墟之下，无法动弹，只能大声呼救。
2. 高峰期地铁车厢里人满为患，乘客们被挤得几乎动弹不了。
3. 手术后的最初几天，她躺在病床上几乎动弹不得，需要护士全程协助。

用法指南

语境: physical state, injury, crowded spaces, narrative

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 他被困在电梯里整整三个小时，由于空间极度狭小，几乎无法动弹。(He was trapped in the elevator for three full hours; with the extremely confined space, he could barely move.)
• 膝盖受伤后，她连下床都动弹不了，医生叮嘱她至少卧床静养两周。(After injuring her knee, she couldn't even get out of bed; the doctor told her to rest in bed for at least two weeks.)

错误说法

• 他动弹了他的手指 — use 他动了动手指 for a small deliberate movement; 动弹 is typically intransitive and does not take a direct object

起源与历史

动 (to move) + 弹 (to spring/flick) — a slight or spontaneous physical movement

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal