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搗騰

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Mandarin · pinyin dǎo téng#

to buy and sell
peddling

Mandarin · pinyin dǎo teng#

to turn over sth repeatedly

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騰: Look up this written character
捣: dǎo · hull; thresh; beat, attack
腾: téng · fly; gallop; run; prance; rise

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3–2 · dao3 teng2

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dou2 tang4

Cantonese word readings for 搗騰. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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