| 插科打诨 |
chā kē dǎ hùn |
to include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom); to jest / buffoonery |
| 插 |
chā |
to insert / stick in / pierce / to take part in / to interfere / to interpose |
| 插 |
chā |
old variant of 插 |
| 科 |
kē |
branch of study / administrative section / division / field / branch / stage directions / family (taxonomy) / rules / laws / to mete out (punishment) / to levy (taxes etc) / to fine sb / CL:个 |
| 打 |
dá |
(loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [da3] |
| 打 |
dǎ |
to hit; to strike / to fight / (in many expressions) a semantically light transitive verb used with various objects to form expressions with a wide range of meanings, e.g. 打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打电话 "to make a phone call", 打针 "to get an injection" / (coll.) from; since |
| 打诨 |
dǎ hùn |
to intersperse comic remarks (in a performance) / (fig.) to quip / to banter |
| 诨 |
hùn |
jest / nickname |