弄 nòng Make The genius of Chinese manu-facture(282)

弄瓦弄璋 nòng wă nòng zhāng play with a tile, i.e. a daughter is born (from the early custom of giving a curved tile to a baby girl to play with, the tile was used as a weight for the spindle and symbolized the female), play with a jade tablet, i.e. a son is born (from the early custom of giving a baby boy a jade tablet to play with, symbol of masculinity） The character 弄 nòng is pretty straightforward. It appears in lots of expressions and idioms. Here are some samples: 弄髒 弄丟 弄懂 - 弄不懂 弄到手 弄巧成拙 nòngqiăochéngzhuō outsmart oneself 弄懂弄通nòngdõngnòngtōn弄歪 弄混 弄清事實 nòngqīngshìshí https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SnKlXO31p70