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The idiom being introduced now is 「打諢插科」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.
Humor: humorous and funny words. Ke: refers to the expressions and movements in classical opera; the funny movements or language inserted by opera and folk art actors into their performances. Same as “gag in jokes”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
dǎ hùn chā kē
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
da2 wan6 chaap3 fo1
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