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操控

cāo kòng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

操控 (cāo kòng) means "to control; to manipulate". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 操控 means

1. to control
2. to manipulate

The characters in 操控

• 操cāoto grasp; to hold; to operate
• 控kòngto control; to accuse; to charge

Example sentences

• 这辆车很容易操控。
  Zhè liàng chē hěn róngyì cāokòng.
  This car is easy to handle.
• 这场球赛被操控了。
  Zhè chǎng qiúsài bèi cāokòng le.
  This game got rigged.
• 在思想的领域中, 荒诞和堕落仍然主宰着世界, 它们的操控只是短时间地被暂停。
  Zài sīxiǎng de lǐngyù zhōng, huāngdàn hé duòluò réngrán zhǔzǎi zhe shìjiè, tāmen de cāokòng zhǐshì duǎnshíjiān de bèi zàntíng.
  In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.

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