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開玩笑

hoi1 waan4 siu3

kai1 wan2 xiao4

play a joke on someone

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 3,420,000

開玩笑 / 开玩笑

開 hoi1 kai1 - open
玩 waan4 waan4*2 wun6 wan2 - play
笑 siu3 xiao4 - smile, laugh, grin

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This word was added by nanimo on 14th Jul 2004 and last edited on 16th Aug 2006

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