peep show; trick; deception
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Meanings
2 senses · 6 examplesnoun
peep show; raree show
Also known as 拉洋片. The box contains painted scenes, often of foreign lands, that the viewer sees through a magnifying lens.
Jiù旧
shí时
de的
miào庙
huì会
shàng上
cháng常
yǒu有
lā拉
xī西
yáng洋
jìng镜
de的
yì艺
rén人
。
At temple fairs in olden times, there were often performers pulling the raree show.
Hái孩
zi子
men们
huā花
jǐ几
fēn分
qián钱
kàn看
yī一
cì次
xī西
yáng洋
jìng镜
，
jué觉
de得
shí十
fēn分
xīn新
qí奇
。
The children would spend a few cents to watch the peep show once, finding it extremely novel.
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Nà那
gè个
mù木
xiāng箱
zi子
jiù就
shì是
suǒ所
wèi谓
de的
xī西
yáng洋
jìng镜
。
That wooden box is the so-called raree show.
noun
trick; deception; illusion
figurativeOften used in the idiom '拆穿西洋镜' (to expose the trick). Carries a connotation of something being revealed as fake or hollow.
Tā他
de的
piàn骗
jú局
zhōng终
yú于
bèi被
chāi拆
chuān穿
xī西
yáng洋
jìng镜
le了
。
His scam was finally exposed for what it was.
Bié别
zài再
shuǎ耍
xī西
yáng洋
jìng镜
le了
，
wǒ我
men们
dōu都
zhī知
dào道
zhēn真
xiàng相
。
Stop playing tricks; we all know the truth.
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Zhè这
zhǒng种
xī西
yáng洋
jìng镜
piàn骗
bù不
liǎo了
míng明
bai白
rén人
。
This kind of deception can't fool sensible people.