找 抽

zhǎo chōudictionary entry

(coll.) to look for trouble

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Original source entry:

找抽找抽 [zhao3 chou1] /(coll.) to look for trouble/

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Reference information

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找
zhǎo
to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek / to return / to give change
抽
chōu
to draw out / to pull out from in between / to remove part of the whole / to inhale (esp. smoke) / (of fabric etc) to shrink / (of certain plants) to sprout / to bud / to whip / to thrash / classifier for sheets (of tissues, wet wipes etc)

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.