Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

起到

qǐdào

ㄑㄧˇ ㄉㄠˋ

  1. 1(in an expression of the form 起到[qi3 dao4] + … + 作用[zuo4 yong4]) to have (a (motivating etc) effect); to play (a (stabilizing etc) role)
Example

他的忠告沒起到太大的作用。

tā de zhōnggào méi qǐdào tài dà de zuòyòng

His advice didn't help much.

Keep 起到 and it comes back until you know it.

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