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倒騰

简倒腾 · 繁倒騰

Mandarin · pinyin dǎo teng

to move
to shift
to exchange
to buy and sell
peddling

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倒: dào · fall over; lie down; take turns
騰: Look up this written character
腾: téng · fly; gallop; run; prance; rise

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3–5 · dao3 teng5

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verb

(colloquial) to move something around; to toss something about
(colloquial) to buy cheap and then sell at a profit; to peddle
(colloquial) to deploy; to allocate

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