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弄到手

Mandarin · pinyin nòng dào shǒu

to get in hand
to get (one's) hands on
to get hold of (in the sense of to acquire)

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弄: nòng · do, play or fiddle with; alley
到: dào · go to, arrive, been to
手: shǒu · hand

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4–4–3 · nong4 dao4 shou3

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lung6 dou3 sau2

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