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What does 折腾 mean?

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折腾 zhēteng

to toss and turn

It can also mean

  • to do over and over; to mess around with
  • to torment; to put someone through the wringer

Its characters

  1. 折 zhē to toss about (as in 折腾)
  2. 腾 téng (after a verb) repeatedly (as in 折腾)

In a sentence

别再折腾这台旧电脑了。 Stop messing around with this old computer.

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