to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc)

to play (as children do); to amuse oneself

to play tricks on sb

to play tricks on sb

a sideshow; vaudeville; juggling

to talk glibly; to talk big; to be all talk

to act shamelessly; to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc; to act dumb; to act as if sth never happened

to play

to amuse oneself; to play with; to tease

to play; to have fun

to show off; to put on a show to amuse others

(Tw) (slang) to pass time idly; to chill; to hang out

to play with; to engage in; to resort to; to dally with

(dialect) to make an unreasonable scene

to resort to tricks; to act in a slippery way; to try to evade (work, responsibility)

to get a monkey to perform tricks; to put on a monkey show; to make fun of sb; to tease

(coll.) to gamble

to skylark; to play boisterously; to fool around

to show off with clever talk; big-headed; a smart-ass

to perform a jar juggling and balancing act

to play tricks; to maneuver

to act shamelessly; to behave in a way that leaves others tut-tutting and shaking their heads in disapproval

see 耍滑[shua3 hua2]

to perform a lion dance

the play of passions; carried away by passion (e.g. to commit a crime)

to craft facile prose; to play around with words

to go into a huff

to play tricks; to dupe

(coll.) to wag one's tongue; to indulge in idle gossip and silly jokes; to chatter endlessly; to speak glibly

to get smart; to resort to petty tricks

to fool; to dupe

lit. to wield the broadsword in the presence of Lord Guan (idiom); fig. to make a fool of oneself by showing off in front of an expert