"Pun" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 shuāng guān pun / play on words
 shuāng guān yǔ pun / play on words / a phrase with a double meaning
 qì guǎn yán bacterial tracheitis (inflammation of the windpipe, often caused by Staphylococcus aureus) / henpecked (a pun on 妻子管得嚴|妻子管得严[qi1 zi5 guan3 de5 yan2] used in comic theater)
 hǎi guī sb who has come back to China after gaining overseas experience (a pun on 海龜|海龟[hai3 gui1]) / to return to China after a period of study or work overseas
 yī yǔ shuāng guān to make a pun / to have a double meaning / double entendre
 Fēi sǐ bù kě Facebook (Internet slang, pun reading "you must die")
 yā lì shān dà (jocular) to be under great pressure (a pun on 亞歷山大|亚历山大[Ya4 li4 shan1 da4])
 qíng fēi dé yǐ compelled by the circumstances (to do sth) / (have) no other choice (but do sth) / (used as a pun in romance) can't help but fall in love
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