耍太極

Chinese[edit]

		play with; to juggle	taiji
trad. (耍太極)		耍	太極
simp. (耍太极)		耍	太极

耍⫽太極 (verb-object)

(Cantonese, literally) to practise tai chi
(Cantonese, figurative) to evade a question or issue; to prevaricate; to avoid the issue and shirk responsibility
啲官成日答非所問，淨係識得耍太極。 [Cantonese, trad.]
啲官成日答非所问，净系识得耍太极。 [Cantonese, simp.]
di¹ gun¹ seng⁴ jat⁶ daap³ fei¹ so² man⁶, zing⁶ hai⁶ sik¹ dak¹ saa² taai³ gik⁶. [Jyutping]
Those officials only ever beat around the bush without actually addressing the questions.