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戲
Cantonese Slang
💡 Tip: [[a play]] a performance, an act, a bluff.
Definitions
  1. 1 [[a play]] a performance, an act, a bluff.
  2. 2 hei ji 戲子 — [actor] a person hired to stand in a police identification parade alongside the suspects.
  3. 3 hei yúk 戲玉 — [jade of the drama] the highlight.
Other Readings
戲
to play | play | 场chǎng [场] | show M: 出chū [出] | an act | drama | tric
Words containing 戲
大戲
(n.) Chinese opera; (slang) a dramatic situation.
戲弄
tease; make fun of; play tricks on
義氣博兒戲
loyalty makes one vulnerable to betrayal [colloquial]
遊戲卡
(n.) playing cards (Cant. 遊戲卡)
戲肉
climax (of drama); highlight (of event)
戲橋
story plot (spoken)
床上戲
noun; sex scene in the media
打遊戲機
Playing video games
戲棚
noun; scaffolding stage, matshed theater
脫戲
porn movie
做齣好戲睇
to make or put on a good show for others to see [colloquial]
龍游淺水，遭蝦戲
a man who loses position and influence may be subjected to much indignity
大戲
[[Cantonese opera]] gang fights; triad society admission ceremony (gwn 2, 2).
得戲
[[to behave arrogantly]] to behave arrogantly (yldjh 424, 36).
地方戲
Local opera
戲劇
drama; play; theatre
做戲
to pretend; to act on stage or for a movie/show
好戲在後頭
[[[the good show is at the end] the best part is yet to come]] [the good show is
好戲在後頭
save the best for last; the best part of something is at the end; the best is ye
做場(好)戲
[[to deceive]] to deceive, to set a trap, to put on a show or an act to deceive
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