耍太極

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Chinese

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play with; to juggle taiji
trad. (耍太極) 太極
simp. (耍太极) 太极

Pronunciation

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Verb

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耍⫽太極 (verb-object)

  1. (Cantonese, literally) to practise tai chi
  2. (Cantonese, figurative) to evade a question or issue; to prevaricate; to avoid the issue and shirk responsibility
    成日答非所問淨係識得耍太極 [Cantonese, trad.]
    成日答非所问净系识得耍太极 [Cantonese, simp.]
    di1 gun1 seng4 jat6 daap3 fei1 so2 man6, zing6 hai6 sik1 dak1 saa2 taai3 gik6. [Jyutping]
    Those officials only ever beat around the bush without actually addressing the questions.

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