激活jīhuóTop 9000Meanings1. to activateCharacters used激to arouse活to liveExamples1为wèi享受xiǎngshòu和hé生命shēngmìng激活jīhuó而ér读书dúshū，和hé为wèi知识zhīshi和hé教化jiàohuà而ér读书dúshū，是shì两码事liǎngmǎshì。There's a big difference between reading for pleasure and stimulation and reading for knowledge and education.