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Synonyms for 'Trick'

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ID: 7427 Upper-Intermediate
In this Upper-Intermediate/Advanced Qing Wen, we discuss the different ways to say "tricks" or "schemes" by looking at sentences using 名堂 (míngtáng),花招(huāzhāo),and 手段 (shǒuduàn).
Constance Fang,Fiona Tian
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名堂事物的名称事情状况道理
míngtang 名堂shìwù 事物de 的míngchēng 名称shìqing 事情zhuàngkuàng 状况dàolǐ 道理
name of items; things; a situation; an argument
河上一只不知道名堂的水鸟开始呱呱叫
hé 河shàng 上yī 一zhī 只bù 不zhīdào 知道míngtang 名堂de 的shuǐ 水niǎo 鸟kāishǐ 开始guāguājiào 呱呱叫
An unknown bird starts tweeting on the river.
这玩意儿什么名堂我看不出来
zhè 这wányìr 玩意儿shénme 什么míngtang 名堂wǒ 我kàn 看bùchūlái 不出来
What's this thingamajig? I can't tell.
我们讨论了很久还是没有讨论出个名堂来
wǒmen 我们tǎolùn le 讨论了hěnjiǔ 很久háishì 还是méiyǒu 没有tǎolùn 讨论chū 出gè 个míngtang 名堂lái 来
We've discussed this for so long, and yet we still can't come up with a worthwhile conclusion.
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