Ideographic: A woman 女 wearing a beard 而 for disguiseRadical:

meaning for shuǎ:

  • - to play with
  • - to wield
  • - to act (cool etc)
  • - to display (a skill, one's temper etc)to play (as children do)
  • - to amuse oneselfa sideshow
  • - vaudeville
  • - jugglingto play with
  • - to engage in
  • - to resort to
  • - to dally withto act shamelessly
  • - to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc
  • - to act dumb
  • - to act as if sth never happenedto amuse oneself
  • - to play with
  • - to tease

yángzhuāng佯装
jìmóu计谋
dōu
shì
xià
xiàngqí象棋
cháng
shuǎ
de
bǎxì把戏

Feints and stratagems are the stuff of chess.


nàge那个
zájì杂技
yǎnyuán演员
hěn
shàncháng擅长
shuǎ
pánzi盘子

The acrobat is good at juggling with plates.