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technique / trick / skill
HSK 5
method; way; means (of doing sth) / skill; ability / trick; wile
HSK 5
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  *戏* | 戏* | *戏
trick / drama / play / show / CL: 齣|出, 場|场, 臺|台
HSK 5
mechanism; gear / machine-operated / office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body / stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
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  *招* | 招* | *招
to recruit / to provoke / to beckon / to incur / to infect / contagious / a move (chess) / a maneuver / device / trick / to confess
HSK 6
pattern / way of doing sth / trick / ruse / fancy-style (as in 花樣滑冰|花样滑冰 figure skating)
HSK 7-9
to rock / to sway / to flicker (e.g. of lights reflected on water) / to flutter (e.g. of a flag) / to trick sb into doing sth / to dupe / to con
HSK 7-9
doorstep / sill / threshold / fig. knack or trick (esp. scheme to get sth cheaper)
HSK 7-9
secret / trick / knack / key
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *涮* | 涮* | *涮
to rinse / to trick / to fool sb / to cook by dipping finely sliced ingredients briefly in boiling water or soup (generally done at the dining table)
HSK 7-9
hand and foot / movement of limbs / action / trick / step in a procedure (CL:)
HSK 7-9
trap; snare; trick
HSK 7-9
a trick / an ingenious method / know-how / the knack (of doing sth)
HSK 7-9
move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts) / gambit / trick / scheme / movement / same as 著數|着数
HSK 7-9
to make mischief / to play tricks
HSK 7-9
art of politics / political tricks (often derog.) / power play / to play at politics / underhand trickery
to play tricks / to cheat / to get up to mischief / to become a ghost / to give up the ghost
energy channels / meridian (TCM) / (dialect) trick / tactic
brocade sack of miracle plans (idiom); bag of tricks / fiendishly cunning masterplan (written out by strategic genius of fiction, and given to the local commander in a brocade bag)
hidden details / dirty tricks / dark secrets
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *墩* | 墩* | *墩
block / gate pillar / pier / classifier for clusters of plants / classifier for rounds in a card game: trick / (archaic) watchtower
song cycle in Chinese opera / (fig.) a series of tricks / polite remarks / number of (things that are counted in , like houses)
toy / plaything / thing / act / trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *诀* | 诀* | *诀
to bid farewell / tricks of the trade / pithy mnemonic formula (e.g. Mao Zedong's 16-character mantra 十六字訣|十六字诀 on guerrilla warfare)
item (in a program of entertainments) / trick (act of mischief) / worthwhile result / accomplishment / sth significant but not immediately apparent / sth more than meets the eye
(TV or movie) blooper / continuity error / (theater) to flub one's lines / unintended exposure of a body part / to be exposed (of a scheme or trick) / to reveal sth one intended to conceal through a slip of the tongue / to blow one's cover
trick / ruse / crafty scheme
piglet / (old) exploited Chinese laborer tricked into working abroad
magic trick
to cross the sea by a trick (idiom) / to achieve one's aim by underhanded means
demon in Buddhism / poltergeist in temple that plays tricks on monks and has a taste for their food
trick; scheme; ploy / skill
trick / deceit
to play tricks on / to make fun of / to tease
sudden inspiration / bright idea / clever trick
methods / the old tricks / (slang) condom
sheath / case / cover / conventional method / cliché / trick / (coll.) condom
to play dirty tricks / to be up to mischief
(coll.) to make fun of (sb) / to play tricks on
(Tw) trick (of the trade); clever move (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [phiat-pōo])
to gain advantage by any means, fair or foul; to be opportunistic; to be full of tricks
to win every trick in a card game / grand slam / fig. total success
with familiarity you learn the trick (idiom); practice makes perfect
a couple of times / to repeat the same / the same old trick / tricks of the trade
the key trick / the secret of success
to play tricks; to cause mischief
to go off-topic; to stray from the topic / obscure question; trick exam question; catch question (CL:)
to lure into / to entrap / to trick into / to entice / to induce / to invite / to tempt
to resort to tricks / to act in a slippery way / to try to evade (work, responsibility)
to tease / to play tricks on
lit. to pretend to be in contact with supernatural beings (idiom); fig. to create a false sense of mystery; to play tricks to deceive or scare others; to engage in hocus-pocus
to get a monkey to perform tricks / to put on a monkey show / to make fun of sb / to tease
trick / maneuver / razzle-dazzle / (martial arts) fancy move / flourish
crowing like a cock and stealing like a dog (idiom) / bag of tricks / useful talents
(of a person) honorable; not devious / (of a behavior) fair and aboveboard; without tricks; openly / (of a situation) out in the open
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  *撚* | 撚* | *撚
to play tricks on or toy with / delicate / exquisite (Cantonese)
to perform magical tricks
see through (a person, scheme, trick etc)
to repeat an old stratagem / up to one's old tricks
trick / deception
to trick sb into having sex
optical illusion / trick of the eye / parablepsia
dirty trick
(Tw) dirty trick; unethical tactic (from Taiwanese 漚步, Tai-lo pr. [àu-pōo])
confidence trick in which a man is lured by an attractive woman
to counter every move / to be full of tricks
to falsely believe / to be mislead / to fall for (a trick etc)
lit. having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom) / fig. to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy
to hinder the eyesight; (fig.) to trick into not noticing
the trick of injuring oneself to gain the enemy's confidence / CL: 條|条
usual trick / old tactics
to perform conjuring tricks / to conjure / to juggle
to play tricks / to dupe
hat-trick (sports)
stratagem (political or military) / trick
to play tricks on sb
to play tricks
to get smart / to resort to petty tricks
to play tricks on sb
hat trick (when one player scores three goals)
to play tricks / to cheat / to deceive
sinister plot / dirty trick / cheap trick
full of devilish tricks and cunning stratagems (idiom) / sly / crafty / malicious
outer tip of the eyebrow / (facial) expression / (Tw) knack / trick of the trade
trick / pattern / novel idea / knack
to perform magic / to do magic tricks / prestidigitation
the same old trick / illegal device
quick fix / opportune short cut (around a difficulty) / cheap trick (to get what one wants) / to pull a fast one
evil tricks
bad habit (e.g. nose-picking) / petty maneuver / dirty trick / gamesmanship
acrobatics; jugglery / trick; ploy
to play tricks on / to make a fool of
special technique / trick of the trade / knack
to play tricks on sb
to play tricks
to play tricks / to play at politics
to carry out gymnastic tricks on horizontal bar
a trick / an ingenious method / know-how / the knack (of doing sth)
to play tricks / to maneuver
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *着* | 着* | *着
a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick; tactic / (dialect) okay; all right / (dialect) to put in; to add

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