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耍花槍
  saa2 faa1 coeng1   jyutping
  shua3 hua1 qiang1   pinyin
(of lovers or couple) exchange banter; feign a quarrel or anger for fun
[literal] brandish the spears in a showy way

This expression comes from the stage where two actors play the role of warriors “attacking” each other with spears but with no intention to kill. See [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]
verb

Level: 3
This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
耍花槍 / 耍花枪

This word has been viewed 1909 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 14th Nov 2005 01:44 and last edited on 26th Oct 2016 02:36
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Characters in this word:

 saa2  -  play (with); amuse
 faa1  -  flower
 coeng1  -  gun; spear
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