Trick or treat.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
捣蛋
to cause trouble
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to cause trouble
02
to stir up trouble
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 捣蛋 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 捣蛋 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Don't come and mess around!
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 捣蛋.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 捣蛋.
Directly before
- 别来捣蛋1
- 就捣蛋1
Directly after
- 捣蛋行1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 捣蛋
What does 捣蛋 mean in Chinese?
捣蛋 (dǎodàn) means to cause trouble.
How do you pronounce 捣蛋?
捣蛋 is pronounced dǎodàn.
Is 捣蛋 an HSK word?
捣蛋 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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