整人 (zhěng rén) — to prank someone, to mess with someone, to make someone suffer (often playfully or vengefully)
Definition
整人 (zhěng rén) means to deliberately mess with or prank someone, often as a joke or to get back at them. It's more active and intentional than 开玩笑, which just means 'to joke' without the sense of targeting or scheming.
verb
to prank someoneto mess with someoneto make someone suffer (often playfully or vengefully)
Examples
- 整人，。Tā lǎo xǐ huan zhěng rén, dà jiā dōu yǒu diǎn pà tā.He always likes to mess with people, everyone is a bit afraid of him.
- 。Zuó tiān tā bèi zhěng dé hěn cǎn.He was pranked really badly yesterday.
- ，。Zhè cì wán xiào kāi dà le, tā zhěng le wǒ yì huí.This joke went too far; he played a trick on me once.
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