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拨弄 (撥弄)
  • [bōnong]
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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

拨弄 [bōnong]
  1. 1. verb [琴弦] pluck
  2. 2. verb [算盘] flick
  3. 3. verb [指用器具] poke around
    我用筷子拨弄着鸡块。
    I poked at the chicken pieces with my chopsticks.
  4. 4. verb [挑拨] stir … up

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

拨弄 [bōnong]
  1. 1. move to and fro with the hand, the foot, a stick, etc.; fiddle with; poke
    拨弄琴弦
    pluck the strings of a fiddle
    拨弄火盆里的木炭
    poke the charcoal in the brazier
  2. 2. stir up
    拨弄是非
    stir things up

Examples

拨弄琴弦
pluck the strings of a fiddle
我用筷子拨弄着鸡块。
I poked at the chicken pieces with my chopsticks.
他到处拨弄是非,到底安的什么心?
拨弄算盘珠儿。
拨弄是非。
He could hear the thrum of a banjo.
他能听见有人拨弄班卓琴的声音。

Collocations

拨弄几下
to strum a few chords
拨弄琴弦
fiddle with a string
拨弄
order someone around
拨弄是非
stir up some rumors through gossip
轻轻拨弄
gently fiddle with something
任人拨弄
be at the mercy of
随意拨弄
to fiddle with something

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