cāo zuò
operate; manipulate; handle
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这个操作太复杂了，我不会用。
Zhège cāozuò tài fùzále, wǒ bùhuì yòng.
This operation is too complicated, I don't know how to use it.
请按照以下步骤操作。
Qǐng ànzhào yǐxià bùzhōu cāozuò.
Please follow the steps below.
操作成功。
Cāozuò chénggōng.
Operation successful.
停止 (tíngzhǐ)
stop
关闭 (guānbì)
close
The Chinese word 操作 (cāo zuò) is composed of two characters: 操作 (cāo) and 作 (zuò). The character 操作 (cāo) originally meant "to grasp" or "to hold in the hand". It is composed of the radical 手 (shǒu), which means "hand", and the phonetic component 艹 (cǎo), which is a pictograph of a plant. The character 作 (zuò) originally meant "to do" or "to make". It is composed of the radical 人 (rén), which means "person", and the phonetic component 乍 (zhà), which is a pictograph of a hand holding a tool.When the two characters 操作 (cāo zuò) are combined, they take on the meaning of "to operate" or "to manipulate". This meaning is derived from the original meanings of the two characters: 操作 (cāo) means "to grasp" or "to hold in the hand", and 作 (zuò) means "to do" or "to make". When these two meanings are combined, they create the idea of "to operate" or "to manipulate", which is the meaning of the word 操作 (cāo zuò).
