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恶作剧

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Collocation

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这种恶作剧能……
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制造恶作剧
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变成恶作剧

Definition

恶作剧

Literally means:

practical joke

Actually means:

monkey business

It means a mean act by a person for seeking fun, and this fun-making behavior often makes another person embarrassed. Derogatory.

为了找开心,故意耍弄别人,让人尴尬的行为。具有贬义色彩。


Example

Used as object, subject or adverbial adjunct. (作宾语、主语、状语)
1
Yuándàn
元旦
kuài
dào
liǎo
  
,
xiē
一些
nánháizi
男孩子
huan
喜欢
kǒng
恐怖
礼物
sònggěi
送给
huǒbàn
伙伴
men
zhìzào
制造
èzuò
恶作剧
  

As New Year's Day nears, some boys like to give "horror gifts" to their partners to make pranks.

2
Kāiwánxiào
开玩笑
jiùshì
就是
kāiwánxiào
开玩笑
  
,
èzuò
恶作剧
yào
不要
gǎo
  
,
zhèzhǒng
这种
wèile
为了
自己
kāixīn
开心
shuǎrén
耍人
de
zuò
做法
hǎo
不好
  

Jokes are jokes, pranks don't do, this kind of fun for their own fun is not good.

3
Zhège
这个
xuésheng
学生
zhīdào
知道
tóngzhuō
同桌
dǎnzi
胆子
xiǎo
  
,
jiù
故意
èzuò
恶作剧
zài
de
chōuti
抽屉
fàng
zhī
jiǎ
lǎoshǔ
老鼠
  
,
ràng
tóngzhuō
同桌
le
tiào
  

Knowing that the deskmate was timid, the student deliberately pranked a fake mouse in her drawer, to the consternation of the deskmate.