hāluòbùzhùdìdiāonánwǒdexīnjìhuà。 Harlow keeps raising difficulties over my new plan.
tàilèxiānshēngyīdìnghuìzàicānyuàntóngyìrènmìngdetīngzhènghuìshàngyùdàodiāonán, yīnliánbǎogōngsīwèinéngfāxiànguójìxìnyòngdàikuǎnyínxíngzàiquánqiúdàochùzhìzàochǒuwén。 Mr.Taylor is in for a grlling at his confirmation hearings on why the Fed failed to uncover the casndalous global rampage by the Bank of Credit and Commerce International.
cānyìyuánqiǎomiàodìhuídáliǎojìzhětíchūdejǐgèdiāozuàndewèntí。 The senator had to field some tricky questions from reporters.
diāohuáde、 sìxíngwújìdeqiěchángwéibùchéngshíderén( yóuzhǐzuòshēngyìshí) Person who is shrewd, unscrupulous and often dishonest, esp in business
yàowènyīxiēdiāozuàndewèntí。 Ask the tough questions.
tóngshí, tādeláodāo、 chìzé、 rènxìng、 diāonánjiǎnzhíméiwánméiliǎo。 There is no end to his babble, his fault-finding, his whims and fancies.
biéréndōutóngyìzhègèjuéyì, nǐwéishènmópiānyàogùyìdiāonán? Everybody else accepts the decision. Why must you be so bloody-minded?
tāmenzhèyàngtiǎohézhēnglùnjiùshìyàogùyìdiāonánwǒmen They are being provocative and controversial just to spite us
xíngréndiāodǒufēngshā 'àngōngzhùpípáyōuyuànduō。 We strike the gong in sand-darkened land where wind blows And hear the pipa tell the Princess* secret woes.
gùyìbùyúhézuòde; cúnxīndiāonánde Deliberately unhelpful or obstructive
kuàisùtóuqiú、 tóuchūdiāoqiú A fast, hostile delivery
jìzhěxiǎngyòngnàxiēràngrénnánwéiqíngdewèntíláidiāonánzhèwèihòuxuǎnrén。 The reporter wants to heckle the candidate with those embarrassing question.
diāonánmǒurén; zhǎomǒuréndemáfán; zhěngmǒurén; chéngfámǒurén Make things unpleasant or make trouble for sb; punish sb
tāshìgèdiāohuádegūniàn . She's a sly puss.
diāozuànzhě, kàobùzhùderén A person regarded as sneaky or treacherous.
tāzuòliǎonàjiànshìláidiāonánwǒ。 He did it to spite me.
lǎodiāofù, guàilǎoyǔbèirènwéihuàipíqìdelǎonǚrén An old woman considered to be ill-tempered.
yàoshìtāzhìyīgèdiāozuàngǔguàidemànqiú, wǒjiùgěitāláigèyījīdézuìgāofēn。 If he gives me one of his tricky slow balls, I'll knock it for six.
tāfāgěiwǒdeqiúhěndiāo , méiyòuxīwàngjiēzhù。 That was a tricky ball she served to me, there was no hope of returning it.