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Trad. 鬧
- noisy
- cacophonous
- to make noise
- to disturb
- to vent (feelings)
- to fall ill
- to have an attack (of sickness)
- to go in (for some activity)
- to joke
Trad. 鬧場
- gongs and drums overture to a Chinese opera
- to create a disturbance
Trad. 醫鬧
- (neologism c. 2013) organized disruption of healthcare facilities or verbal and physical abuse of medical staff by an aggrieved patient or proxies such as family members or hired thugs, typically aimed at obtaining compensation
Trad. 鬧大
- (of a person) to make a big fuss about (sth); to make a big deal of
- (of an adverse situation) to get ugly; to blow up; to escalate
Trad. 打鬧
- to quarrel; to squabble
- to be rowdy; to play boisterously; to engage in horseplay
Trad. 校鬧
- disruptive activities targeted at a school by an aggrieved party (neologism formed by analogy with 醫鬧|医闹[yi1 nao4])
Trad. 看熱鬧
- to enjoy watching a bustling scene
- to go where the crowds are
Trad. 鬧太套
- (Internet slang) transcription of "not at all" – English words in a song promoting the 2008 Beijing Olympics sung by Huang Xiaoming 黃曉明|黄晓明[Huang2 Xiao3 ming2], who became a laughing stock in China because his pronunciation was perceived as embarrassingly bad
- to be a laughing stock
- to make a fool of oneself (i.e. equivalent to 鬧笑話|闹笑话[nao4 xiao4 hua5])
Trad. 鬧彆扭
- to be difficult with sb
- to provoke disagreement
- at loggerheads
- to fall out with
Trad. 鬧洞房
- disturbing the privacy of bridal room (Chinese custom where guests banter with and play pranks on the newlyweds)
Trad. 湊熱鬧
- to join in the fun
- to get in on the action
- (fig.) to butt in
- to create more trouble
Trad. 又吵又鬧
- to make a lot of noise
- to be disorderly
Trad. 大吵大鬧
- to shout and scream (idiom); to kick up a fuss
- to make a scene
Trad. 大鬧天宮
- Monkey Wreaks Havoc in Heaven, story about the Monkey King Sun Wukong 孫悟空|孙悟空[Sun1 Wu4 kong1] from the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
Trad. 無理取鬧
- (idiom) to make trouble without reason; to be deliberately provocative
Trad. 鬧著玩兒
- to play games
- to joke around
- to play a joke on sb
Trad. 五鬼鬧判
- Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells
Trad. 一哭二鬧三上吊
- lit. to cry, then shout, then threaten suicide (saying)
- fig. to make a terrible scene; to throw a tantrum