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Mandarin · pinyin qióng dǒu

to shake uncontrollably
to jiggle (one's leg etc)

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抖: dǒu · tremble, shake, rouse; give shake
穷: qióng · poor, destitute, impoverished

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2–3 · qiong2 dou3

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