搬弄

bānnòng
  1. to fiddle with
  2. to play and move sth about
  3. to show off (what one can do)
  4. to parade (one's capabilities)
  5. to cause trouble

CEDICT

  1. to instigate; to sow discord
  2. to move something about; to fiddle with
  3. to show off; to display

Wiktionary

  1. 翻動、搬動。
  2. 挑撥是非。
  3. 賣弄、誇耀本事。
  4. 表演、扮演。元．紀君祥《趙氏孤兒．第二折》：「向這傀儡棚中，鼓笛搬弄，只當作場短夢。」也作「般弄」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 搬 bān
  1. to move (i.e. relocate oneself)
  2. to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky)
  3. to shift
  4. to copy indiscriminately
=2 弄 nòng
  1. to do
  2. to manage
  3. to handle
  4. to play with
  5. to fool with
  6. to mess with
  7. to fix
  8. to toy with
=2 弄 nòng old variant of 弄 nòng

Containing this entry

搬弄是非 bānnòngshìfēi
  1. to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people
  2. to tell tales
  3. to make mischief

Related entries

亂動 luàndòng
  1. to fiddle with
  2. to tamper with
  3. to meddle with
  4. to move randomly
  5. to flail about
撥弄 bōnòng
  1. to move to and fro (with hand, foot, stick etc)
  2. to fiddle with
  3. to stir up
擺弄 bǎinòng
  1. to move back and forth
  2. to fiddle with
把玩 bǎwán
  1. to turn around in one's hands
  2. to play with
  3. to fiddle with
拈 niān
  1. to nip
  2. to grasp with the fingers
  3. to fiddle with
  4. Taiwan pr. nián
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