弄到
nòng dào
Pinyin

Definition

弄到
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nòng dào
  1. to get hold of
  2. to obtain
  3. to secure
  4. to come by

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

dào
  1. 1 to (a place)
  2. 2 until (a time)
  3. 3 up to
  4. 4 to go
  5. 5 to arrive
  6. 6 (verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
bù dào
  1. 1 not to arrive
  2. 2 not reaching
  3. 3 insufficient
  4. 4 less than
lái dào
  1. 1 to come
  2. 2 to arrive
zuò dào
  1. 1 to accomplish
  2. 2 to achieve
dào lái
  1. 1 to arrive
  2. 2 arrival
  3. 3 advent

Idioms (20)

一条路走到黑
yī tiáo lù zǒu dào hēi
  1. 1 lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to stick to one's ways
  3. 3 to cling to one's course
不到火候不揭锅
bù dào huǒ hòu bù jiē guō
  1. 1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
  1. 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
  3. 3 to keep going while some hope is left
不问就听不到假话
bù wèn jiù tīng bù dào jiǎ huà
  1. 1 Don't ask and you won't be told any lies. (idiom)
事到临头
shì dào lín tóu
  1. 1 when things come to a head (idiom)

Sample Sentences

看来也只能这样了。否则这房子要弄到猴年马月?客厅要尽量简单,东西少一点,用几何型的家具。
kànlai yě zhǐnéng zhè yàng le 。fǒuzé zhè fángzi yào nòng dào hóuniánmǎyuè ?kètīng yào jǐnliàng jiǎndān ,dōngxi shǎoyīdiǎn ,yòng jǐhé xíng de jiājù 。
It looks like that's our only choice. Otherwise who knows how long we'll be working on this house. We should do our best to make the living room simple, with less stuff, and geometric furniture.
今天我们就弄到这儿“了”。
jīntiān wǒmen jiù nòng dào zhèr “le ”。
Let's finish here today. (affirmative tone)
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今天我们就弄到这儿“吧”。
jīntiān wǒmen jiù nòng dào zhèr “ba ”。
Shall we call it quits here? (suggestion)
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我们今天就弄到这儿了。
wǒmen jīntiān jiù nòng dào zhèr le 。
Let's finish here today.
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哦,托人买。就是说朋友他可能能弄到票。
ō ,tuō rén mǎi 。jiùshìshuō péngyou tā kěnéng néng nòngdào piào 。
Oh, someone bought it for you. So, you mean, your friend could come up with a ticket.
上周我请他帮忙弄两张票,他很爽快地答应了。结果到现在都没弄到。
shàngzhōu wǒ qǐng tā bāngmáng nòng liǎng zhāng piào ,tā hěn shuǎngkuài de dāying le 。jiéguǒ dào xiànzài dōu méi nòng dào 。
Last week I asked him to help me get two tickets, and he agreed to help immediately. But now, he still hasn't done it.
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