search for; seek out; scrounge
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to search for; to seek by various means (often implying difficulty)
dialectOriginally a northern dialect term, now widely understood. Often implies expending considerable effort to find something rare, old, or specific.
Hǎo好
bù不
róng容
yì易
gěi给
nǐ你
táo淘
huan换
zháo着
zhè这
běn本
shū书
。
It wasn't easy to track down this book for you.
Tā他
pǎo跑
biàn遍
le了
quán全
chéng城
，
cái才
táo淘
huan换
dào到
zhè这
zhāng张
lǎo老
chàng唱
piàn片
。
He searched the entire city before finally scrounging up this old record.
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Zhè这
shì是
wǒ我
cóng从
xiāng乡
xia下
táo淘
huan换
lái来
de的
tǔ土
tè特
chǎn产
。
This is a local specialty I hunted down from the countryside.