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捣
搗
dao3
 
- pound; beat; hull; attack; disturb; stir
 
| strokes | 
10 | 
| radical | 
 | 
| strokes after radical | 
7 | 
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捣蛋
搗蛋
dao3 dan4
 
- to cause trouble; to stir up trouble
 
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捣蛋鬼
搗蛋鬼
dao3 dan4 gui3
 
- troublemaker
 
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捣鼓
搗鼓
dao3 gu5
 
- to fiddle with sth; to trade with sth
 
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捣鬼
搗鬼
dao3 gui3
 
- to play tricks; to cause mischief
 
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捣毁
搗毀
dao3 hui3
 
- to destroy; to smash; sabotage
 
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捣烂
搗爛
dao3 lan4
 
- to mash; to beat to a pulp
 
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捣乱
搗亂
dao3 luan4
 
- to disturb; to look for trouble; to stir up a row; to bother sb intentionally
 
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捣卖
搗賣
dao3 mai4
 
- to resell at a profit
 
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捣弄
搗弄
dao3 nong4
 
- to move back and forward; to trade
 
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捣实
搗實
dao3 shi2
 
- to ram (earth); to compact earth by ramming
 
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捣碎
搗碎
dao3 sui4
 
- to pound into pieces; to mash
 
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捣腾
搗騰
dao3 teng2
 
- to buy and sell; peddling
 
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捣腾
搗騰
dao3 teng5
 
- to turn over sth repeatedly
 
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捣衣
搗衣
dao3 yi1
 
- to launder clothes by pounding
 
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磕头如捣蒜
磕頭如搗蒜
ke4 tou2 ru2 dao3 suan4
 
- lit. to kowtow like grinding garlic (idiom); fig. to pound the ground with one's head
 
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调皮捣蛋
調皮搗蛋
tiao2 pi2 dao3 dan4
 
- naughty; mischievous; to act up
 
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直捣
直搗
zhi2 dao3
 
- to storm; to attack directly
 
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直捣黄龙
直搗黃龍
zhi2 dao3 huang2 long2
 
- lit. to directly attack Huanglong; fig. to directly combat the root of a problem