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整蠱作怪

zing2 gu2 zok3 gwaai3

zheng3 gu3 zuo4 guai4

to play tricks or pranks
[also: 整蠱做怪; syn. 搞搞震]

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 7,910

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

整蠱作怪

This word was added by Emerald on 7th Apr 2005 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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整 zing2 zheng3 - neat; tidy; whole; complete
蠱 gu2 ye3 gu4 gu3 - [1] [n] poison; venom; harm [2] [v] bewitch; e
作 zok3 zuo4 zu3 - do; make; profession
怪 gwaai3 guai4 - strange; unusual; odd

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