"搞三搞四" meaning in Chinese

See 搞三搞四 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /kɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sän⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /kaːu̯³⁵ saːm⁵⁵ kaːu̯³⁵ sei̯³³/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 搞三搞四
  1. to do something shady; to have illicit relationships Tags: idiomatic
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "do three, do four",
  "pos": "phrase",
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      "glosses": [
        "to do something shady; to have illicit relationships"
      ],
      "id": "en-搞三搞四-zh-phrase-hkMSthfQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "do",
          "do"
        ],
        [
          "shady",
          "shady"
        ],
        [
          "illicit",
          "illicit"
        ],
        [
          "relationship",
          "relationship"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gǎosāngǎosì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄍㄠˇ ㄙㄢ ㄍㄠˇ ㄙˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaau² saam¹ gaau² sei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gǎosāngǎosì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄍㄠˇ ㄙㄢ ㄍㄠˇ ㄙˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gǎosangǎosìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kao³-san¹-kao³-ssŭ⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gǎu-sān-gǎu-sz̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaosangaosyh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gaosanʹgaosy",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "гаосаньгаосы"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sän⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaau² saam¹ gaau² sei³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gáau sāam gáau sei"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaau² saam¹ gaau² sei³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gao² sam¹ gao² séi³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːu̯³⁵ saːm⁵⁵ kaːu̯³⁵ sei̯³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "搞三搞四"
}
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      "expansion": "搞三搞四",
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "do three, do four",
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        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 三",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 四",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 搞",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
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      "glosses": [
        "to do something shady; to have illicit relationships"
      ],
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        [
          "do",
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        ],
        [
          "shady",
          "shady"
        ],
        [
          "illicit",
          "illicit"
        ],
        [
          "relationship",
          "relationship"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gǎosāngǎosì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄍㄠˇ ㄙㄢ ㄍㄠˇ ㄙˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaau² saam¹ gaau² sei³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gǎosāngǎosì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄍㄠˇ ㄙㄢ ㄍㄠˇ ㄙˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gǎosangǎosìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "kao³-san¹-kao³-ssŭ⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gǎu-sān-gǎu-sz̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaosangaosyh"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gaosanʹgaosy",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "гаосаньгаосы"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sän⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaau² saam¹ gaau² sei³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gáau sāam gáau sei"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gaau² saam¹ gaau² sei³"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "gao² sam¹ gao² séi³"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kaːu̯³⁵ saːm⁵⁵ kaːu̯³⁵ sei̯³³/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "搞三搞四"
}

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