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Chinese
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Verb
耍⫽太極 (verb-object)
- (Cantonese, literally) to practise tai chi
- (Cantonese, figurative) to evade a question or issue; to prevaricate; to avoid the issue and shirk responsibility
啲官成日答非所問，淨係識得耍太極。 [Cantonese, trad.]
啲官成日答非所问，净系识得耍太极。 [Cantonese, simp.]- di1 gun1 seng4 jat6 daap3 fei1 so2 man6, zing6 hai6 sik1 dak1 saa2 taai3 gik6.
- Those officials only ever beat around the bush without actually addressing the questions.
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