戏谑 (戲謔)
xì xuè
Pinyin

Definition

戏谑 (戲謔)
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xì xuè
  1. to banter
  2. to crack jokes
  3. to ridicule

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

戏
xì
  1. 1 trick
  2. 2 drama
  3. 3 play
  4. 4 show
  5. 5 classifier: 出 chū
  6. 6 classifier: 场 chǎng
  7. 7 classifier: 台 tái
游戏
yóu xì
  1. 1 game
  2. 2 classifier: 场 chǎng
  3. 3 to play
戏剧
xì jù
  1. 1 drama
  2. 2 play
  3. 3 theater
戏曲
xì qǔ
  1. 1 Chinese opera
拍戏
pāi xì
  1. 1 to shoot a movie

Idioms (4)

三个女人一台戏
sān ge nǚ rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
唱对台戏
chàng duì tái xì
  1. 1 to put on a rival show (idiom); to set oneself up against sb
  2. 2 to get into confrontation
视同儿戏
shì tóng ér xì
  1. 1 to regard sth as a plaything (idiom); to consider unimportant
  2. 2 to view as trifling
逢场作戏
féng chǎng zuò xì
  1. 1 lit. find a stage, put on a comedy (idiom); to join in the fun
  2. 2 to play along according to local conditions

Sample Sentences

阿Q正传 》 真是绝了，戏谑的背后，又有着深切的悲哀。
Āguìzhèngzhuàn 》 zhēnshì juéle ，xìxuè de bèihòu ，yòu yǒuzhe shēnqiè de bēiāi 。
''The True Story of Ah Q" really is a masterpiece. With a sharp, funny backdrop, it also tells a tragic tale.
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有些国人也戏谑地把“外交辞令”称为"没有错误的废话"。虽然是“废话”，可在国与国交往的重要场合中，“外交辞令”却是非用不可。外交辞令往往委婉含蓄，隐藏着“潜台词”。
yǒuxiē guórén yě xìxuè de bǎ “wàijiāo cílìng ”chēngwéi "méi yǒu cuòwù de fèihuà "。suīrán shì “fèihuà ”，kě zài guó yǔ guó jiāowǎng de zhòngyào chǎnghé zhōng ，“wàijiāo cílìng ”què shì fēiyòng bù kě 。wàijiāo cílìng wǎngwǎng wěiwǎn hánxù ，yǐncáng zhe “qián táicí ”。
Some Chinese people jokingly refer to diplomatic rhetoric as "precise nonsense". Although it's "nonsense", diplomatic rhetoric is indispensable in important interactions between countries. Diplomatic rhetoric is often indirect and veiled, hiding implicit words.
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有你说的这么夸张吗？不过话说回来，马云还真是有头脑，楞是把一个网上戏谑的光棍节变成一个全民购物的狂欢节。一天的线上营销额能达到几百亿人民币，真是不可思议啊。
yǒu nǐshuōde zhème kuāzhāng ma ？bùguò huàshuōhuílai ，mǎ yún hái zhēn shì yǒu tóunǎo ，lèng shì bǎ yī gè wǎngshàng xìxuè de guānggùn jié biànchéng yī gè quánmín gòuwù de kuánghuān jié 。yītiān de xiàn shàng yíngxiāo é néng dádào jǐ bǎi yì rénmínbì ，zhēn shì bùkěsīyì ā 。
Surely it's not as over the top as you put it out to be. Saying that, Ma Yun really is smart, he made a bogus holiday that was created online into a national shopping festival. The profits from one day alone can reach hundreds of millions RNB. It's really incredible.
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