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The character "搞" is a relatively late addition to the Chinese writing system, with its structure clearly indicating its original sense through the combination of the hand radical (扌) on the left and the phonetic component 高 (gāo) on the right, suggesting an action performed by hand. Its core meaning historically revolved around the idea of doing, making, or handling something, often with a sense of engagement or manipulation. Over time, its application broadened significantly from this concrete foundation into a highly versatile verb that can abstractly mean to manage, to undertake, to set up, or to be involved in an activity, with its precise nuance heavily dependent on context and the objects it accompanies. This semantic expansion has made it an exceedingly common and functionally flexible word in modern usage, capable of substituting for many more specific verbs in colloquial speech.
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他在搞卫生。
我们搞了一个派对。
请你搞清楚情况。
这件事搞得很麻烦。
他们正在搞一个新项目。
搞科研需要耐心和毅力。
他搞错了会议的时间。
这个问题很难搞定。