插科打诨

to include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom); to jest / buffoonery

to insert / stick in / pierce / to take part in / to interfere / to interpose

old variant of 插[cha1]

branch of study / administrative section / division / field / branch / stage directions / family (taxonomy) / rules / laws / to mete out (punishment) / to levy (taxes etc) / to fine sb / CL:個|个[ge4]

dozen (loanword)

to beat / to strike / to hit / to break / to type / to mix up / to build / to fight / to fetch / to make / to tie up / to issue / to shoot / to calculate / to play (a game) / since / from

to intersperse comic remarks (in a performance) / (fig.) to quip / to banter

jest / nickname