He can pull strings for you.
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操作
cāo zuò
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cāo zuò · cou1 zok3 (Jyutping)
- to work
- to operate
- to manipulate
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Character breakdown
操
- Meaning
- conduct, run, control, manage
- Radical
- 扌
- Strokes
- 16
- Components
- ⿰扌喿
- Cangjie
- QRRD
- Four-corner
- 5609.4
作
- Meaning
- make; work; compose, write; act, perform
- Radical
- 亻
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- ⿰亻乍
- Cangjie
- OHS
- Four-corner
- 2821.1
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