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拨弄
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

拨弄 [bōnong]
  1. 1. move to and fro with the hand, the foot, a stick, etc.; fiddle with; poke
    整整两个小时,他一直在拨弄算盘。
    油灯眼看着就要灭了,你去拨弄一下吧。
    拨弄琴弦
    pluck the strings of a fiddle
    拨弄火盆里的木炭
    poke the charcoal in the brazier
    他在草地上拨弄着那把吉他。
  2. 2. stir up
    拨弄是非
    stir things up

Examples

拨弄火盆里的木炭
poke the charcoal in the brazier 拨弄
拨弄琴弦
pluck the strings of a fiddle 拨弄
拨弄是非
stir things up 拨弄
油灯眼看着就要灭了,你去拨弄一下吧。 拨弄
整整两个小时,他一直在拨弄算盘。 拨弄
他在草地上拨弄着那把吉他。 拨弄
我用筷子拨弄着鸡块。
I poked at the chicken pieces with my chopsticks. 拨弄
他到处拨弄是非,到底安的什么心? 安心
拨弄算盘珠儿。 拨弄
拨弄是非。 拨弄

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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