Definition
揉搓 covers both a physical action (rubbing or kneading with the hands) and figurative uses where someone is emotionally manipulated or kept in suspense, or lightly teased. The physical sense is the most concrete; the figurative ones carry the idea of 'working someone over' emotionally, like kneading dough.
v.
to rub with the handsto kneadto manipulate emotionallyto keep on tenterhooksto teaseto play jokes on (someone)
Examples
- 揉搓。Māma zài chúfáng lǐ róu cuo miàntuán.Mom is kneading dough in the kitchen.
- ，揉搓。Tā de huídá lǎoshì hánhanhúhú, bié zhèyàng róu cuo wǒ le.His answers are always vague — don't keep me in suspense like this.
- 揉搓。Tāmen zǒng ài yòng nà zhǒng wánxiào lái róu cuo tā.They always love to tease him with that kind of joke.
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