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胡闹

hú nào · hu nao

Traditional 胡鬧

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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  1. to act willfully and make a scene
  2. to make trouble
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Do not mess around

  1. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)，别(bié)胡闹(húnào)，快(kuài)把(bǎ)水枪(shuǐqiāng)放下(fàngxià)。

    Liangliang, do not mess around! Put the water gun down.

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)没(méi)胡闹(húnào)，我(wǒ)在(zài)练习(liànxí)。

    I am not messing around. I am practising.

  3. Dengdeng

    练习(liànxí)什么(shénme)？

    Practising what?

  4. Liangliang

    练习(liànxí)怎么(zěnme)把(bǎ)水(shuǐ)喷(pēn)到(dào)你(nǐ)身上(shēnshang)。

    Practising how to spray water on you.

  5. Dengdeng

    哎呀(āiyā)！你(nǐ)这(zhè)不是(bùshì)胡闹(húnào)吗(ma)？

    Hey! Isn't this just messing around?

  6. Liangliang

    好玩(hǎowán)吧(ba)？你(nǐ)已经(yǐjīng)不(bù)热(rè)了(le)。

    It is fun, right? You are not hot anymore.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)们(men)胡(hú)闹(nào)太(tài)久(jiǔ)了(le), 现(xiàn)在(zài)该(gāi)是(shì)我(wǒ)们(men)考(kǎo)虑(lǜ)基(jī)本(běn)事(shì)实(shí)的(de)时(shí)候(hou)了(le)。

We've been horsing around too much; it's high time we got down to brass tacks.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by Dejo · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

孩(hái)子(zi)们(men)在(zài)教(jiào)室(shì)里(lǐ)胡(hú)闹(nào)，老(lǎo)师(shī)很(hěn)生(shēng)气(qì)。

The children were acting up in the classroom, and the teacher was very angry.

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