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shì tàn
v. sound out, probe, explore
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Simplified Chinese

Traditional Chinese

Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
EXAMPLES
shì tàn tā de yì tú
phr. sound out his intention
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wǒ gēn běn bù bǎ tā shuō de dāng huí shì,tā zhǐ shì shì tàn shì tàn bà le .
phr. I wouldn't take what he said seriously, (since) he was only probing for information.