捣 (搗) dǎo

1. dǎo verb to pound; to beat
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '搗'; Guoyu '搗' v 2; Kroll 2015 '搗', p. 79; Unihan '搗'; XHZD '捣' 1, p. 132)
2. dǎo verb to thresh; to hull
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '搗'; Guoyu '搗' v 1; Unihan '搗')
3. dǎo verb to disturb
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '搗'; Guoyu '搗' v 4; XHZD '捣' 2, pp. 132-133)
4. dǎo verb to attack
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '搗'; Guoyu '搗' v 3)
5. dǎo verb to destroy
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '搗' v 5)

Contained in

• 捣毁(搗毀) to destroy; to smash; sabotage
• 磕头如捣蒜(磕頭如搗蒜) to kowtow like grinding garlic; to pound the ground with one's head
• 捣米(搗米) to hull rice
• 捣鼓(搗鼓) to fiddle with something; to trade with
• 捣烂(搗爛) to mash; to beat to a pulp
• 捣衣(搗衣) to launder clothes by pounding
• 捣弄(搗弄) to move back and forward; to trade
• 捣蛋鬼(搗蛋鬼) troublemaker
• 捣腾(搗騰) to buy and sell; to peddle; to turn over repeatedly
• 捣实(搗實) to ram (earth); to compact earth by ramming
• 捣蛋(搗蛋) to cause trouble
• 捣乱(搗亂) to disturb; to look for trouble
• 直捣(直搗) to storm; to attack directly
• 调皮捣蛋(調皮搗蛋) naughty; mischievous; to act up
• 捣卖(搗賣) to resell at a profit
• 捣碎(搗碎) to pound into pieces; to mash
• 直捣黄龙(直搗黃龍) to directly attack Huanglong; to directly combat the root of a problem
• 捣鬼(搗鬼) to play tricks; to cause mischief

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Truncated for common words

• 卷二百四十九 列傳第一百三十七 朱燮元 李橒 王三善 蔡復一 Volume 249 Biographies 137: Zhu Xieyuan, Li Yun, Wang Sanshan, Cai Fuyi History of Ming 明史 — count: 7
• 卷二百三十九 列傳第一百二十七 張臣 董一元 杜桐 蕭如薰 達雲 官秉忠 柴國柱 李懷信 Volume 239 Biographies 127: Zhang Chen, Dong Yiyuan, Du Tong, Xiao Ruxun, Da Yun, Guan Bingzhong, Chai Guozhu, Li Huaixin History of Ming 明史 — count: 7
• 卷三百二十七 列傳第二百十五 外國八 韃靼 Volume 327 Biographies 215: Foreign States 8 History of Ming 明史 — count: 7
• 第九十五回 Chapter 95 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 6
• 卷一百三十 列傳第十八 吳良 康茂才 丁德興 耿炳文 郭英 華雲龍 韓政 仇成 張龍 吳復 胡海 張赫 華高 張銓 何真 Volume 130 Biographies 18: Wu Liang, Kang Maocai, Ding Dexing, Geng Bingwen, Guo Ying, Hua Yunlong, Han Zheng, Chou Cheng, Zhang Long, Wu Fu, Hu Hai, Zhang He, Hua Gao, Zhang Quan, He Zhen History of Ming 明史 — count: 6
• 卷二百三十八 列傳第一百二十六 李成梁 麻貴 Volume 238 Biographies 126: Li Chengliang, Ma Gui History of Ming 明史 — count: 6
• 卷二百四十七 列傳第一百三十五 劉綎 李應祥 陳璘 鄧子龍 馬孔英 Volume 247 Biographies 135: Liu Ting, Li Yingxiang, Chen Lin, Deng Zilong, Ma Kongying History of Ming 明史 — count: 5
• 卷二百十一 列傳第九十九 馬永 梁震 王效 周尚文 馬芳 何卿 沈希儀 石邦憲 Volume 211 Biographies 99: Ma Yong, Liang Zhen, Wang Xiao, Zhou Shangwen, Ma Fang, He Qing, Shen Xiyi, Shi Bangxian History of Ming 明史 — count: 5
• 卷一百二十九 列傳第十七 Feng Sheng, Fu Youde, Liao Yongzhong, Yang Jing, Hu Mei Volume 129 Biographies 17: Feng Sheng, Fu Youde, Liao Yongzhong, Yang Jing, Hu Mei History of Ming 明史 — count: 4
• 卷四百十二 列傳第一百七十一 孟珙 杜杲 王登 楊掞 張惟孝 陳咸 Volume 412 Biographies 171: Meng Gong, Du Gao, Wang Deng, Yang Shan, Zhang Weixiao, Chen Xian History of Song 宋史 — count: 4

Collocations

• 捣虚 (搗虛) 畏全忠搗虛 — New Book of Tang 新唐書, 卷一百八十八　　列傳第一百十三 楊時朱孫 Volume 188 Biographies 113: Yang, Shi, Zhu and grandsons — count: 13
• 夜捣 (夜搗) 夜搗壘 — New Book of Tang 新唐書, 卷一百三十七 列傳第六十二 郭子儀子:曜　子:晞　晞孫:承嘏　子:曖　曖子:釗　鏦　銛　曖孫:曙　母弟:幼明　幼明子:昕 Volume 137 Biographies 62: Guo Ziyi and son: Yao, son: Xi, Xi's grandson: Cheng Gu, son: Ai, Zi's sons: Zhao, Cong, Xian, Ai's grandson: Shu, uncle: You Ming, You Ming's son: Xin — count: 7
• 捣贼 (搗賊) 逾嶺馳搗賊營 — New Book of Tang 新唐書, 卷一百一十一　　列傳第三十六　　　　郭二張三王蘇薛程唐 Volume 111 Biographies 36: Guo, two Zhangs, three Wangs, Xu, Xue, Cheng, Tang — count: 4
• 兵捣 (兵搗) 請起其兵搗三峽之虛 — New Book of Tang 新唐書, 卷一百四十六　　列傳第七十一　　　　二李 Volume 146 Biographies 71: Two Li's — count: 4
• 人捣 (人搗) 恐夏人搗虛 — History of Song 宋史, 卷三百五十五 列傳第一百十四 賈易 董敦逸 上官均 來之邵 葉濤 楊畏 崔台符 楊汲 呂嘉問 李南公 董必 虞策 郭知章 Volume 355 Biographies 114: Jia Yi, Dong Dunyi, Shang Guanjun, Lai ZhiShao, Ye Tao, Yang Wei, Cui Taifu, Yang Ji, Lu Jiawen, Li Nangong, Dong Bi, Yu Ce, Guo Zhizhang — count: 3
• 径捣 (徑搗) 然不能長驅徑搗上黨 — New Book of Tang 新唐書, 卷一百六十六　　列傳第九十一 賈杜令狐 Volume 166 Biographies 91: Jia, Du, Linghu — count: 3
• 捣青 (搗青) 搗青復搗黃 — History of the Southern Dynasties 南史, 卷九　　陳本紀上第九　武帝 文帝 廢帝 Volume 9 Chen Annals 1: Emperor Wu, Emperor Wen, Deposed Emperor — count: 2
• 一捣 (一搗) 及至勇武攘卷一搗 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十九　脩務訓 Chapter 19: Cultivation of Effort — count: 2
• 捣杀 (搗殺) 皆搗殺之 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷五十六 列傳第五十 侯景 Volume 56: Hou Jing — count: 2
• 先捣 (先搗) 間道先搗賊壘 — History of Song 宋史, 卷二百七十 列傳第二十九 顏衎 劇可久 趙逢 蘇曉 高防 馮瓚 邊珝 王明 許仲宣 楊克讓 段思恭 侯陟 李符 魏丕 董樞 Volume 270 Biographies 29: Yan Kan, Ju Kejiu, Zhao Feng, Su Xiao, Gao Fang, Feng Zan, Bian Xu, Wang Ming, Xu Zhongxuan, Yang Kerang, Duan Sigong, Hou Zhi, Li Fu, Wei Pi, Dong Shu — count: 2