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耍滑头

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Collocation

1
耍尽了滑头
2
耍起了滑头
3
跟……(某人)耍滑头

Definition

耍滑头

Literally means:

act in slick way

Actually means:

shirk work or responsibility

耍 refers to "play"or "use". 滑头 means dishonesty.

The phrase means being on the hedge so as to shirk or lighten one's responsibility. Derogatory.

两面手法,以便逃避责任,或减轻应该承担的后果。具有贬义色彩。

Example

Used as predicate or object, and it can have other words in between. (作谓语、宾语,中间可插入别的词语)
1
Lǎoxiōng
老兄
  
,
biè
zài
shuǎhuátóu
耍滑头
le
  
,
zuò
de
shìqing
事情
děi
自己
负责
  
,
méi
rén
huì
gāng
zhāo
  

Dude, stop playing tricks, you have to take responsibility for what you do, no one will carry it for you.

2
men
他们
shuǎ
jìn
le
huátóu
滑头
  
,
háishi
还是
piàn
le
hǎiguān
海关
  
,
jiādài
夹带
de
xiē
一些
wéijìnpǐn
违禁品
dōu
bèi
chá
chūlái
出来
le
  

They did their best to slip, or they couldn't cheat the customs, and some of the contraband they were carrying were found out.

3
hěn
lǎoshi
老实
  
,
míngmíng
明明
shì
zuò
de
huàishì
坏事
  
,
què
hái
xiǎng
shuǎhuátóu
耍滑头
  
,
zhuāngzuò
装作
shénme
什么
dōu
zhīdào
知道
  

He is very honest, clearly he did bad things, but also want to play slippery head, pretend to know nothing.

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