弄

khoe khoang; phô trương; làm màu

chế giễu; trêu chọc; đùa cợt; cười nhạo

làm giả; gian lận; dối trá

to play with; to toy with; to dally with; to engage in

to play with; to engage in; to resort to; to dally with

to fool around with; to mess with

to wave; to brandish

to move (things around); to buy and sell at a profit (derog.)

(lit.) to pretend to be in contact with supernatural beings (idiom); (fig.) to create a false sense of mystery; to play tricks to deceive or scare others; to engage in hocus-pocus

to tease; to play tricks on

to tease; to provoke; to play with (a child, animal etc)

lanes and alleys; neighborhood; lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified Chinese courtyard houses, occupied by single families in the 1930s, now crowded with multiple families

to flaunt; to show off

to wink at sb

to fool; to deceive; to go through the motions

to look after; to tend (one's crops, garden, livestock, pets etc); to repair

to mock; to bully and insult

(idiom) to display one's facility with words; to show off one's literary skills; (original meaning) to pervert the law by playing with legal phraseology (墨[mo4] was a reference to 繩墨|绳墨[sheng2 mo4])

to play around with; to fidget; to fondle

to tease; to make fun of; to provoke; to stir up (trouble)