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Trad. 擺出
- to assume
- to adopt (a look, pose, manner etc)
- to bring out for display
Trad. 擺手
- to wave one's hand
- to gesture with one's hand (beckoning, waving good-bye etc)
- to swing one's arms
Trad. 擺爛
- (neologism c. 2014) (slang) to stop striving (esp. when one knows one cannot succeed); to let it all go to hell; (sports) to tank
Trad. 擺盤
- to arrange food on a plate
- to plate up
- food presentation
- (watchmaking) balance wheel
Trad. 擺脫
- to break away from
- to cast off (old ideas etc)
- to get rid of
- to break away (from)
- to break out (of)
- to free oneself from
- to extricate oneself
Trad. 停擺
- (of a pendulum) to stop swinging
- (of work, production, activities etc) to come to a halt
- to be suspended
- to be canceled
- shutdown
- (sports) lockout
Trad. 擺攤子
- to set up a stall
- (fig.) to maintain a large staff and organization
Trad. 正經八擺
- variant of 正經八百|正经八百[zheng4 jing1 ba1 bai3]
Trad. 搖頭擺尾
- to nod one's head and wag one's tail (idiom)
- to be well pleased with oneself
- to have a lighthearted air
Trad. 擺了一道
- to play tricks on
- to make a fool of
Trad. 擺花架子
- lit. to arrange a shelf of flowers
- superficial display (idiom)
Trad. 擺龍門陣
- (dialect) to chat; to gossip; to spin a yarn
Trad. 東搖西擺
- (idiom) to sway from side to side; unsteady
- (idiom) indecisive; hesitant
Trad. 擺事實講道理
- present the facts and reason things out