捣蛋 meaning in English

dǎodàn

to cause trouble; to stir up trouble

Traditional 搗蛋21 strokes

Meaning of 捣蛋

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dǎodàn
  1. to cause trouble
  2. to stir up trouble

捣蛋 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ别bié来lái捣dǎo蛋dàn行xíng吧ba!
Don't come and mess around!
不bù给gěi糖táng就jiù捣dǎo蛋dàn。
Trick or treat.
汤tāng姆mǔ有yǒu点diǎn调tiáo皮pí捣dǎo蛋dàn。
Tom is somewhat mischievous.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

捣 dǎo · to thresh · 10 strokes

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蛋 dàn · egg · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 捣蛋.

鸡蛋jīdàn(chicken) egg; hen's egg
蛋糕dàngāocake
笨蛋bèndàn(mild insult) fool; idiot; (playful) silly person
完蛋wándàn(coll.) to be done for
捣乱dǎoluànto disturb; to look for trouble
蛋白质dànbáizhìprotein
混蛋húndànscoundrel; bastard
王八蛋wángbādànbastard; son of a bitch
坏蛋huàidànbad egg; scoundrel
滚蛋gǔndàn(slang) get out of here!; beat it!
蠢蛋chǔndànfool; dolt
蛋蛋dàndàn(coll.) balls (testicles)

Questions about 捣蛋

What does 捣蛋 mean?

捣蛋 (dǎodàn) means "to cause trouble; to stir up trouble".

How do you write 捣蛋?

捣蛋 is made of 2 characters: 捣 (10 strokes), 蛋 (11 strokes). That is 21 strokes in total.

How is 捣蛋 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 捣蛋 is written 搗蛋.