操控
cāo kòng
Pinyin

Definition

操控
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cāo kòng
  1. to control
  2. to manipulate

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

掌控
zhǎng kòng
  1. 1 to control
  2. 2 in control of
控
kòng
  1. 1 to control
  2. 2 to accuse
  3. 3 to charge
  4. 4 to sue
  5. 5 to invert a container to empty it
  6. 6 (suffix) (slang) buff
  7. 7 enthusiast
  8. 8 devotee
  9. 9 -phile or -philia
控制
kòng zhì
  1. 1 control
  2. 2 to exercise control over
  3. 3 to contain
操
cāo
  1. 1 old variant of 操[cāo]
操作
cāo zuò
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 to operate
  3. 3 to manipulate

Idioms (7)

同室操戈
tóng shì cāo gē
  1. 1 wielding the halberd within the household (idiom); internecine strife
扼襟控咽
è jīn kòng yān
  1. 1 to secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass
操之过急
cāo zhī guò jí
  1. 1 to act with undue haste (idiom); eager and impatient
  2. 2 overhasty
率尔操觚
shuài ěr cāo gū
  1. 1 to compose in off-hand way (idiom); to dash off
砌词捏控
qì cí niē kòng
  1. 1 to make an accusation based on fabricated evidence (idiom)

Sample Sentences

什么呀？这都是开采商的阴谋，故意夸大钻石的稀有，而且操控价格。其实非洲、 俄罗斯有大把大把的钻石。你没看《血钻》啊？
shénme ya ？zhè dōu shì kāicǎi shāng de yīnmóu ，gùyì kuādà zuànshí de xīyǒu ，érqiě cāokòng jiàgé 。qíshí Fēizhōu 、 Éluósī yǒu dàbǎdàbǎ de zuànshí 。nǐ méi kàn 《Xiězuàn 》a ？
What? That's a conspiracy among the miners. They intentionally exaggerate the scarcity of diamonds and control the price. Actually, Africa and Russia have loads of diamonds. Haven't you seen ''Blood Diamond"?
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啊哟，瘦死的骆驼比马大。绝大多数国际组织都被发达国家操控，制定一些霸王条款来剥削发展中国家。世贸组织也不例外。
āyō ，shòusǐ de luòtuo bǐ mǎ dà 。juédàduōshù guójìzǔzhī dōu bèi fādáguójiā cāokòng ，zhìdìng yīxiē bàwángtiáokuǎn lái bōxuē fāzhǎnzhōngguójiā 。shìmàozǔzhī yě bù lìwài 。
Oh, a starving camel is still bigger than a horse. The majority of international organizations are controlled by developed countries. They come up with some despotic policies to exploit developing countries. The World Trade Organization is no different.
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不不，你太天真了，操控机器人的是电脑。
bù bù ，nǐ tài tiānzhēn le ，cāokòng jīqìrén de shì diànnǎo 。
No, you're too naive, the computers control the robots.
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没关系，我们只要学会操控机器人就好了。
méiguānxi ，wǒmen zhǐyào xuéhuì cāokòng jīqìrén jiùhǎo le 。
It's OK. It's fine as long as we learn how to control robots.
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嗯...你说的是操控电脑，还是操作电脑啊？
ng4 ...nǐ shuō de shì cāokòng diànnǎo ，háishì cāozuò diànnǎo ā ？
Hmm... Do you mean control computers or just operate them?
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好像是哦，那...还好我们会操控电脑！
hǎoxiàng shì ò ，nà ...hái hǎo wǒmen huì cāokòng diànnǎo ！
I guess they do, then... luckily we can control computers!
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