耍太極 (saa2 taai3 gik6 | shua3 tai4 ji2) : play tai ji quan; prevaricate; evade the issue

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耍太極

saa2 taai3 gik6

shua3 tai4 ji2

[1] practise tai ji quan; play shadow boxing
[Syn] 耍太極拳, 打太極(拳), 練太極(拳)
[2] [粵] prevaricate; evade the issue; tactfully shirk responsibility

Tai ji quan, otherwise known as shadow boxing, is a kind of martial art consisting of a series of slow defensive movements which are mostly evasive rather than directly confrontational, hence the second meaning.

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

耍太極 / 耍太极

This word has been viewed 2142 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 3rd Jul 2008 06:52 and last edited on 2nd Jan 2016 09:44

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耍 saa2 - play (with); amuse
太 taai3 - highest; great-grand; excessively
極 gik6 - utmost; peak; pole; extreme; extremely

1 compounds containing this word:

大耍太極 - to avoid giving an answer; to try to get around giving an answer to sth., try to circumvent

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