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"It's no joke." Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
不是玩儿的 不是玩兒的 bù shì wán er de It's no joke.
Chinese Pinyin Translation
开玩笑 開玩笑 kāi wán xiào to play a joke / to make fun of / to joke syn
玩笑 wán xiào to joke / joke / jest syn
恶作剧 惡作劇 è zuò jù practical joke / prank / to play a practical joke syn
闹着玩儿 鬧著玩兒 nào zhe wán r to play games / to joke around / to play a joke on sb syn
梗 gěng branch / stem / stalk / CL:根[gen1] / to block / to hinder / (neologism that evolved from 哏[gen2], initially in Taiwan, during the first decade of the 21st century) memorable creative idea (joke, catchphrase, meme, neologism, witty remark etc) / prominent feature of a creative work (punchline of a joke, trope in a drama, special ingredient in a dish, riff in a pop song etc) syn
逗哈哈 dòu hā hā to joke / to crack a joke
笑话 笑話 xiào huà joke / jest / CL:個|个[ge4] / to laugh at / to mock syn
谈笑风生 談笑風生 tán xiào fēng shēng to talk cheerfully and wittily / to joke together syn
打哈哈 dǎ hā ha to joke / to laugh insincerely / to make merry / to talk irrelevantly syn
闹 鬧 nào 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 syn
逗 dòu to tease (playfully) / to entice / (coll.) to joke / (coll.) funny / amusing / to stay / to sojourn / brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀|读[dou4]) syn
谑 謔 xuè joy / to joke / to banter / to tease / to mock / Taiwan pr. [nu:e4] syn
詀 zhān garrulous / to whisper / to joke
羯鼓催花 jié gǔ cuī huā drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum in apricot blossom
毫无效果 毫無效果 háo wú xiào guǒ to no avail / achieving nothing / totally ineffective / to have no effect / to fall flat (esp. of joke or speech that is completely ignored)
玩失踪 玩失蹤 wán shī zōng to hide oneself (as a joke)
谐戏 諧戲 xié xì to joke
逗哏 dòu gén funny man (lead role in comic dialogue 對口相聲|对口相声[dui4 kou3 xiang4 sheng1]) / to joke / to play the fool / to provoke laughter
冷笑话 冷笑話 lěng xiào huà corny joke
打棚 dǎ péng (dialect) to joke
打镲 打鑔 dǎ chǎ (dialect) to joke / to make fun of (sb)
说着玩 說著玩 shuō zhe wán to say sth for fun / to be kidding / to joke around
逗闷子 逗悶子 dòu mèn zi (dialect) to joke syn
笑点低 笑點低 xiào diǎn dī amused by even the weakest joke / ready to laugh at the smallest thing
老梗 lǎo gěng (Tw) unoriginal / hackneyed / (of a joke) old
𫗴 饘 zhān thick congee / garrulous / to whisper / to joke
抓哏 zhuā gén (of a comedian) to seize on something sb has just said or done to make an ad lib joke
烂梗 爛梗 làn gěng lame joke
冷笑话 冷笑話 lěng xiào hua corny joke
笑话 笑話 xiào hua joke / jest (CL:個|个[ge4]) / to laugh at / to mock / ridiculous / absurd syn
靴子落地 xuē zi luò dì lit. the boot hits the floor (idiom) / fig. a much-anticipated, impactful development has finally occurred (an allusion to a joke from the 1950s in which a young man would take off a boot and throw it onto the floor, waking the old man sleeping downstairs who could then not get back to sleep until he had heard the second boot hit the floor)
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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