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  • 1

    v.dialtinker (with); fiddle (with)

    • tā yī biān hé wǒ tán huà yī biān gǔ dao shōu yīn jī

      一边谈话一边鼓捣收音机

      He toyed with his radio as he talked with me.

    • bù yào gǔ dao wǒ de shǒu biǎo le

      鼓捣手表

      Don't tinker with my watch.

    • xiǎn rán yǒu rén gǔ dao guo tā qì chē de shā chē

      显然有人鼓捣汽车刹车

      Someone had obviously tampered with the brakes of his car.

  • 2

    v.dialinstigate; egg on

    • yī dìng shì tā gǔ dao nǐ qù zuò de

      一定鼓捣

      He must have incited you to do it.

    • qí tā nán shēng gǔ dao tā qù tōu dōng xi

      男生鼓捣东西

      Other boys incited him to steal.