拾掇 (shí duō) — to tidy up, to put in order; to repair, to fix; (colloquial) to punish, to deal with (someone)
Definition
Colloquial verb with three flavors: tidying/repairing things, or (in 把他∼一下) giving someone a hard time — a casual all-purpose 'sort out' word, not used in formal writing.
verb
to tidy upto put in orderto repairto fix(colloquial) to punishto deal with (someone)
Examples
- 拾掇。Zhōu mò wǒ yào bǎ fáng jiān hǎo hǎo shí duō yí xià.I'm going to tidy up my room well this weekend.
- 拾掇。Zhè tái jiù shōu yīn jī hái néng shí duō hǎo.This old radio can still be fixed.
- ，拾掇。Tā yào shi zài dǎo luàn, nǐ jiù hěn hěn dì shí duō tā.If he causes trouble again, you give him a good talking-to.
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