play tricks; scheme
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to play tricks; to scheme; to engage in deceitful activities
Often used in the phrase 从中做鬼, meaning to manipulate a situation from within or behind the scenes.
Yǒu有
rén人
zài在
cóng从
zhōng中
zuò做
guǐ鬼
。
Someone is playing tricks behind the scenes.
Zhè这
jiàn件
shì事
bèi背
hòu后
kěn肯
dìng定
yǒu有
rén人
zuò做
guǐ鬼
。
There must be someone scheming behind this matter.
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Bié别
zài在
wǒ我
miàn面
qián前
zuò做
guǐ鬼
，
wǒ我
shén什
me么
dōu都
zhī知
dào道
。
Don't play tricks in front of me; I know everything.