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HSK
alarm clock
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *闹* | 闹* | *闹
noisy / cacophonous / to make noise / to disturb / to vent (feelings) / to fall ill / to have an attack (of sickness) / to go in (for some activity) / to joke
HSK 4
bustling with noise and excitement / lively
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *闹* | 闹* | *闹
variant of 鬧|闹
HSK 4
to cause trouble / to create a disturbance
HSK 7-9
to make a noise / noisy
HSK 7-9
to enjoy watching a bustling scene / to go where the crowds are
HSK 7-9
to act willfully and make a scene / to make trouble
HSK 7-9
to play games / to joke around / to play a joke on sb
HSK 7-9
noisy / raucous / to shout and scream
haunted
to have a falling out / to have a big argument
alarm bell (on a clock or phone)
downtown area / city center
to be vexed or annoyed / to feel queasy
(idiom) to make trouble without reason; to be deliberately provocative
to disturb / to create confusion / to make a din
small-scale
to bawl, disturbing others
to quarrel; to squabble / to be rowdy; to play boisterously; to engage in horseplay
to make a scene / to fool around / to behave foolishly
clamorous / noisy / sensational / very exciting
to make trouble / to make fun of
(coll.) to be burglarized
to cause havoc / to run amok
bustling
(of a person) to make a big fuss about (sth); to make a big deal of / (of an adverse situation) to get ugly; to blow up; to escalate
downtown
(dialect) to have a falling-out (with sb)
(of a relationship or situation) to become strained and tense
(dialect) bustling; lively
disturbing the privacy of bridal room (Chinese custom where guests banter with and play pranks on the newlyweds)
noisy; to make a racket
gongs and drums overture to a Chinese opera / to create a disturbance
to shout and scream (idiom); to kick up a fuss / to make a scene
to get angry
the poor are ignored in the busiest city; the rich will find relatives in the deepest mountain
(neologism c. 2013) organized disruption of healthcare facilities or verbal and physical abuse of medical staff by an aggrieved patient or proxies such as family members or hired thugs, typically aimed at obtaining compensation
to be difficult with sb / to provoke disagreement / at loggerheads / to fall out with
to be in a bad mood
while the connoisseur recognizes the artistry, the layman simply enjoys the show
(Internet slang) transcription of "not at all" – English words in a song promoting the 2008 Beijing Olympics sung by Huang Xiaoming 黃曉明|黄晓明, who became a laughing stock in China because his pronunciation was perceived as embarrassingly bad / to be a laughing stock / to make a fool of oneself (i.e. equivalent to 鬧笑話|闹笑话)
lit. to cry, then shout, then threaten suicide (saying) / fig. to make a terrible scene; to throw a tantrum
to join in the fun / to get in on the action / (fig.) to butt in / to create more trouble
Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells
to make a lot of noise / to be disorderly
noise
Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空 from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
disruptive activities targeted at a school by an aggrieved party (neologism formed by analogy with 醫鬧|医闹)
snooze button
to skylark / to play boisterously / to fool around
(dialect) bustling / lively
(dialect) bustling / lively
to be at loggerheads / to have a falling out
to make a fool of oneself
to cause trouble
to create a big disturbance
(coll.) to have diarrhea
alarm clock
to create an uproar


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