掀起

On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C2.

xiānqǐ ㄒㄧㄢㄑㄧˇ

- to lift to raise (a lid etc)
- to surge to stir up (waves etc)
  of a storm
- to trigger set off (a wave of popularity, a controversy etc)
  fig.

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