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恶作剧

è zuò jù

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 3-character word Traditional 惡作劇

恶作剧 (è zuò jù) means "practical joke; prank; to play a practical joke". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 恶作剧 means

1. practical joke
2. prank
3. to play a practical joke

The characters in 恶作剧

• 恶èevil; fierce; vicious
• 作zuòto do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign
• 剧jùtheatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc); dramatic (change, increase etc); acute

Example sentences

• 他喜欢恶作剧。
  Tā xǐhuan èzuòjù.
  He likes mischief.
• 别拿去恶作剧对吧？
  So don't use this for pranking, right?
• 今天虽然是愚人节，但你的恶作剧太过分了。说真的，我挺生气的！
  Today may be April Fool's Day, but your prank went overboard. Seriously, I'm pretty angry!

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