折腾

折腾
zhēteng

to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly)

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MEANING5 meanings

MEANING

  1. verb

    to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly)

    在床上翻来覆去、不能安定zài chuángshang fānláifùqu、búnéng āndìng

    • He tossed and turned all night.

  2. verb

    to play crazy

    不停地动来动去;闹得很厉害búting de dòng lái dòng qù; nào de hěn lìhai

    • Stop fussing around!

  3. verb

    to squander (time, money)

    浪费时间或金钱;费力气做没有意义的事làngfèi shíjiān huò jīnqián;fèi lìqi zuò méiyǒu yìyì de shì

    • Don't fuss around anymore, go to sleep right now.

  4. verb

    to torment sb

    • Stop tormenting me already!

  5. verb

    to repeat sth over and over again

    反复做同一件事,使人疲劳或浪费时间fǎnfù zuò tóng yī jiàn shì, shǐ rén píláo huò làngfèi shíjiān

    • Stop fussing around and get to sleep.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

Using your hand to grip an axe and chop off a tree branch is the meaning of the character 折.

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