to leave (the stage, an exam room, the playing field etc) / to take part in some activity / to take an examination (in the imperial examination system)
挂机
guà jī
to hang up (a phone) / to leave a computer etc running (idling, downloading, or playing a game in one's stead etc)
绿叶
lu:4 yè
green leaf / (fig.) actor playing a supporting role
remuneration for playing a role in a movie or television drama
哗众取宠
huá zhòng qǔ chǒng
sensationalism / vulgar claptrap to please the crowds / playing to the gallery / demagogy
吹箫
chuī xiāo
to play the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / to beg while playing pipes / cf politician Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], c. 520 BC destitute refugee in Wu town, 吳市吹簫|吴市吹箫[Wu2 shi4 chui1 xiao1] / to busk / virtuoso piper wins a beauty, cf 玉人吹簫|玉人吹箫[yu4 ren2 chui1 xiao1] / (slang) fellatio / blowjob
signboard / plaque / plate / tablet (CL:塊|块[kuai4]) / brand / trademark (CL:個|个[ge4]) / mahjong tile / domino / playing card (CL:張|张[zhang1]) / (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌[ci2pai2] and 曲牌[qu3pai2])
liver (CL:葉|叶[ye4]) / (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game) / (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress / grindy
classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
吴市吹箫
Wú shì chuī xiāo
to beg while playing the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], destitute refugee from Chu 楚[Chu3], busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician
吹箫乞食
chuī xiāo qǐ shí
to beg while playing the xiao 簫|箫[xiao1] (mouth organ) / cf Wu Zixu 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1], destitute refugee from Chu 楚[Chu3], busked in Wu town c. 520 BC, then became a powerful politician
羯鼓催花
jié gǔ cuī huā
drumming to make apricots flower, cf joke by Tang Emperor Xuanzhong 唐玄宗, playing the drum in apricot blossom
以其人之道，还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹[Zhu1 Xi1]) / to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game / to give sb a taste of his own medicine
大沽炮台
Dà gū pào tái
Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
宅男
zhái nán
a guy who stays at home all the time, typically spending a lot of time playing online games (derived from Japanese "otaku")
弦诵不辍
xián sòng bù chuò
incessant playing of instruments and reciting of poems (idiom)
lit. mandarin ducks playing in the water / fig. to make love
乾旦
qián dàn
male actor playing the female role (Chinese opera)
男旦
nán dàn
male actor playing the female role (Chinese opera)
场区
chǎng qū
(sports) section of a court or playing field / (computer chip manufacture) field area
氪肝
kè gān
(slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing a video game (rather than pay for power-ups)
舞文弄墨
wǔ wén nòng mò
(idiom) to display one's facility with words / to show off one's literary skills / (original meaning) to pervert the law by playing with legal phraseology (墨[mo4] was a reference to 繩墨|绳墨[sheng2 mo4])
乐昌破镜
Lè chāng - pò jìng
lit. the story of the broken mirror of Princess Lechang 樂昌公主|乐昌公主[Le4chang1 Gong1zhu3] (In the tale, the princess and her husband, fearing separation during the turbulence of war, broke a bronze mirror in half. They each kept one half as a token, with the promise to reunite by matching the pieces together. They were indeed separated, but eventually reunited, with the mirror playing a crucial role in their reunion.) (idiom) / fig. the reunion of separated lovers or the restoration of a relationship
翻摄
fān shè
to create an image or video by copying an existing one (e.g. taking a photo of a picture in a magazine, recording a video playing on a monitor, taking a screenshot of an online photo) / to remake (a film or TV show)
hú