to tease someone

 

Da Di	Feng Xie	Liu Yu Rong
Austin	Stephan

He's teasing me.

 

Zhang Xiuting	Wang Wenjing	Zhang Zhida
James	Maggy

John tells Mary that he has gotten her a very large stone for her birthday.

 

Da Di	Feng Xie	Li Chunjiang	Gu Zheng
Austin	Stephan

goodwill, good feelings; without malice

 

Da Di	Feng Xie
Austin	Stephan

You're so funny!

 

Feng Xie
Lynn	Mal

to crack a joke, to make fun

 

Liu Yu Rong	Da Di
Maggy

When you see a man and a woman and she is carrying all of the packages, you know they have been married a long time!

 

Liu Yu Rong	Li Chunjiang
James

Son: "I was just kidding you!"

 

Shao Danni	Liu Yu Rong	Wang Wenjing	Gu Zheng
Austin	Stephan

Mother: "Quiet! I'll be ready soon."

 

Shao Danni	Liu Yu Rong	Wang Wenjing
Austin	Stephan

Daughter: "Stop!"

 

Shao Danni	Liu Yu Rong	Wang Wenjing	Gu Zheng
Stephan

funny, humorous

 

Feng Xie
Karen

Daddy: "I was just kidding you."

 

Shao Danni	Liu Yu Rong	Wang Wenjing	Gu Zheng
Stephan

harmlessly, kindly, jokingly

 

Da Di	Feng Xie
Austin	Stephan

When you see a man and a woman and he is carrying all of the packages, you know they are dating.

 

Liu Yu Rong	Li Chunjiang
James

Take it easy, I'm joking around.

 

Zhang Meng	Feng Xie	WT Zheng	Gu	Huang Jiali	Bai Jing
Karen	Dave	Jeremy

Mother: "You dare!"

 

Shao Danni	Liu Yu Rong	Wang Wenjing	Gu Zheng
Austin	Stephan

to kid, to tease, to play with

 

Da Di	Feng Xie
Austin	Stephan

Daddy to daughter: "I bet that boy likes you a lot!"

 

Shao Danni	Liu Yu Rong	Wang Wenjing
Austin	Stephan

He's kidding you!

 

Da Di	Feng Xie	Liu Yu Rong
Austin	Stephan

Then he really gave her a chunk of stone.

 

Da Di	Feng Xie	Li Chunjiang	Gu Zheng
Austin	Stephan

I was just kidding you!

 

Da Di	Feng Xie
Austin	Stephan

Son: "You said that 10 minutes ago!"

 

Shao Danni	Liu Yu Rong	Wang Wenjing	Gu Zheng
Austin	Stephan

cartoon, caricature

 

Hu Siyu	Wang Chen	Li Xinzhou

Eight-year-old son to his mother: "Can we go now?" (Mother's putting on her make-up and the son's waiting to be taken somewhere in the car)

 

Shao Danni	Liu Yu Rong	Wang Wenjing
Austin	Stephan

I only said it to see your reaction.

 

Da Di	Feng Xie	Liu Yu Rong
Austin	Stephan

Son: "All right, I'll just get the car out!"

 

Shao Danni	Liu Yu Rong	Wang Wenjing	Gu Zheng
Austin	Stephan

to be deceiving in a non-harmful manner

 

Da Di	Feng Xie	Liu Yu Rong
Austin	Stephan

probably, possibly, maybe

 

Zhao He	Zhang Meng	Li Zhen	Mi Zhaoxi	Zhang Li	Feng Xi
Fred

joke

 

Da Di	Feng Xie
Austin	Stephan

When you see a man and a woman and they are each carrying half the packages, you know they are newly married.

 

Liu Yu Rong	Li Chunjiang
James

Daddy: "I bet Johnny's your boyfriend!"

 

Shao Danni	Liu Yu Rong	Wang Wenjing	Gu Zheng
Austin	Stephan

Mother: "In just a bit."

 

Shao Danni	Liu Yu Rong	Wang Wenjing	Gu Zheng
Austin	Stephan

Daughter: "Oh, daddy!"

 

Shao Danni	Liu Yu Rong	Wang Wenjing	Gu Zheng
Austin	Stephan

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