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胡闹 (胡鬧)
  • [húnào]
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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

胡闹 [húnào]
  1. 1. verb play up
    睡觉去吧,别胡闹了。
    Go to bed, and no playing up.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

胡闹 [húnào]
  1. 1. run wild; be mischievous; make trouble; clown; lark around; lark about
    他喝酒喝多了就胡闹
    When he drinks too much he makes trouble.
    我们在谈正经事,你别胡闹
    We're discussing something serious. Don't talk nonsense.
  2. 2. caper

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

胡闹 [húnào]
  1. 1. 胡乱打闹;无理取闹
    要听从劝导,别在这里胡闹了。
  2. 2. 蛮干;乱来
    自己不懂,偏要拆掉彩电重装,简直是胡闹

Examples

我们在谈正经事,你别胡闹
We're discussing something serious. Don't talk nonsense.
要听从劝导,别在这里胡闹了。
I won't have this nonsense.
我不能容忍这样胡闹
knock it off!
[inf] 别胡闹了!
to get into {or} up to mischief
胡闹
He was running riot, switching off lights and knocking things over.
他肆无忌惮地胡闹着,又关灯又打翻东西。
The two would always cut up telling jokes during class.
这两个人经常上课胡闹,讲笑话。

Collocations

任意胡闹
to mess around arbitrarily
胡闹
to mess around groundlessly
小孩子胡闹
children playing wildly
胡闹下去
to continue to cause a disturbance
开始胡闹
to do monkey business

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