搞三搞四 in Chinese

IPA: /kɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sän⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /kaːu̯³⁵ saːm⁵⁵ kaːu̯³⁵ sei̯³³/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /kɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sän⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵¹/, /kaːu̯³⁵ saːm⁵⁵ kaːu̯³⁵ sei̯³³/ Chinese transliterations: gǎosāngǎosì [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄍㄠˇ ㄙㄢㄍㄠˇ ㄙˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], gaau² saam¹ gaau² sei³ [Cantonese, Jyutping], gǎosāngǎosì [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄍㄠˇ ㄙㄢㄍㄠˇ ㄙˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], gǎosangǎosìh [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], kao³-san¹-kao³-ssŭ⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], gǎu-sān-gǎu-sz̀ [Mandarin, Yale, standard], gaosangaosyh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], гаосаньгаосы [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], gaosanʹgaosy [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], gáau sāam gáau sei [Cantonese, Yale], gaau² saam¹ gaau² sei³ [Cantonese, Pinyin], gao² sam¹ gao² séi³ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

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      "zh-pron": "gaau² saam¹ gaau² sei³"
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      "zh-pron": "gaau² saam¹ gaau² sei³"
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      "zh-pron": "gao² sam¹ gao² séi³"
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"搞三搞四" meaning in Chinese

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