花招
huā​zhāo

fancy move

花招 huā​zhāo
fancy move noun
showy or decorative movements in martial arts or performance that often lack practical application

这些武术动作只是些花招，没有实战价值。

zhè​xiē wǔ​shù dòng​zuò zhǐ shì xiē huā​zhāo, méi​yǒu shí​zhàn jià​zhí.

These martial arts moves are just for show and have no real combat value.

trick expression
a clever or deceitful maneuver, scheme, or showy display intended to mislead or impress

别在我面前耍花招，我早就看穿你了。

bié zài wǒ miàn​qián shuǎ​huā​zhāo, wǒ zǎo jiù kàn​chuān nǐ le.

Don't play tricks on me; I saw through you a long time ago.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
4.14 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
1.27 per million

Cross-References

Has variant

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)