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Change log entry 73034
Processed by: richwarm (2021-06-18 03:05:13 GMT)
Comment: << review queue entry 68681 - submitted by 'lars' >>
Re: last submission. "Trick" has many definitions: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/trick#Noun.

花式 = "an effective, clever or quick way of doing something"
花样 = same as 花式, but also "mischievous or annoying behavior", "prank"

Then I would propose to remove "trick" from "花样" and replace it with a more precise word. Or write "trick (mischievous behavior, prank, way of doing sth)" for 花样 and "trick (way of doing sth)" for 花式.

https://www.zdic.net/hans/%E8%8A%B1%E6%A0%B7
手段、诡计。
如:「别想玩花样!我会在暗中监视你的!」
Here 花样 == 恶作剧

Google:
"别想玩花样" 133.000 results
"别想玩花式" 3 results => not used
Diff:
- 花樣 花样 [hua1 yang4] /pattern/way of doing sth/trick/(sports) fancy-style (as figure skating etc)/
# + 花樣 花样 [hua1 yang4] /fancy/pattern/way of doing sth/mischievous or annoying behavior/prank/(sports) fancy-style (as figure skating etc)/
- 花式 花式 [hua1 shi4] /fancy/
# + 花式 花式 /fancy/pattern/way of doing sth/(sports) fancy-style (as figure skating etc)/
#
+ 花樣 花样 [hua1 yang4] /pattern/way of doing sth/trick/ruse/fancy-style (as in 花樣滑冰|花样滑冰[hua1 yang4 hua2 bing1] figure skating)/
+ 花式 花式 [hua1 shi4] /fancy-style (as in 花式溜冰|花式溜冰[hua1 shi4 liu1 bing1] figure skating)/
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