[chū dòng]
（隊伍外出行動） set out; start off
await orders to set out [go into action]
待命出動
The detachment set off ahead of schedule.
小分隊提前出動了。
（派出軍事力量） call out; send out; dispatch
fly 20 sorties
出動飛機20架次
dispatch warships
出動軍艦
call out paratroops to join the battle
出動傘兵參戰
（行動起來） go into action; turn out
The whole community turned out to wipe out the four pests.
全體居民出動除四害。