Dictionary/起到

起到

qǐ dào

ㄑㄧˇ ㄉㄠˋ
HSK 5core 10k
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)

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tā他de的zhōng忠gào告méi没qǐ dào起到tài太dà大de的zuò yòng作用。
他的忠告没起到太大的作用。
His advice didn't help much.