起
measure word A1- to rise
- to raise
- to get up
- to set out
- to start
- to appear
- to launch
- to initiate (action)
- to draft
- to establish
- to get (from a depot or counter)
- verb suffix, to start
- starting from (a time, place, price etc)
- classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
- classifier for groups: batch, group
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正在议论，那知那下等水手里面，忽然起了咆哮，说道：「船主！
选了一只轻快渔船，挂起帆来，一直追向前去。
天上云气一片一片价叠起，只见北边有一片大云，飞到中间，将原有的云压将下去。
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