耍赖

shuǎlài

to act shamelessly; to refuse to acknowledge that one has lost the game, or made a promise etc; to act dumb

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 7 trad. 耍賴

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耍
  • 耍shuǎsurname ShuaB7
  • 玩耍wánshuǎto play (as children do)B7
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玩游戏不能耍赖。

You can't cheat when playing games.

输了就耍赖可不好。

Cheating when you lose is not good.