朽木不可雕也xiǔ mù bú kě diāo yě
You cannot teach an old dog new tricks.; Decayed wood cannot be carved.
玄虚xuán xū
deceitful trick, mystery
毵蛛猴sān zhū hóu
woolly spider monkey
黔驴之技qián lǘ zhī jì
tricks of the (proverbial) Guizhou donkey -- tricks not to be feared; cheap tricks
故伎gù jì
old tactics, stock tricks
鸡鸣狗盗jī míng gǒu dào
small tricks
瞒神弄鬼mán shén nòng guǐ
play tricks
帽子戏法mào zǐ xì fǎ
hat trick
骗术piàn shù
deceitful trick; ruse; hoax
使坏shǐ huài
play a dirty trick
戏法xì fǎ
conjuring; juggling; tricks; magic
昧己瞒心mèi jǐ mán xīn
do evil against one's conscience; play treacherous tricks against one's conscience
卑鄙的行为bēi bǐ de xíng wéi
dirty trick
马脚mǎ jiǎo
sth. gives the trick out
赢一圈yíng yī quān
to win a trick
揣合逢迎chuāi hé féng yíng
try by various tricks to find favour with; try by tricks to find favour
捣鬼dǎo guǐ
play tricks; do mischief; pull off
耍手腕shuǎ shǒu wàn
play tricks; manoeuvre; juggle with
袭人故智xí rén gù zhì
copy an old trick
猴狲hóu sūn
monkey
搞鬼gǎo guǐ
play tricks; be up to some mischief
原声例句
纽约时报 (New York Times)
" I've got one monkey trick, " Stewart told me.
“我有一个恶作剧，” 斯图尔特告诉我。
西游记英文版（Journey to the West）
" The monkey tricked us" ! shouted the Great Immortal. " He made that statue look like himself" !
" 那猴子骗了我们！" 镇元大仙叫道，" 他把这雕像变成了他的模样！"
红与黑（一）
" That is just what rich people are, " he said to himself--" they snub you and then they think they can make up for everything by a few monkey tricks" .