racket; bat

cable; wire; telegraph

clap; pat; strike; slap; tap

flatter; fawn on

(music) beat

shoot; take (picture)

work well together; cooperate

(slang) to give a favor; to cooperate; to help; to work closely together

partner; companion; mate | sometimes written as 派拿 | [華] 夥伴; 伙伴; 同伴; 拍檔

partner, companion

to let out a secret unknowingly

to reveal the truth without being asked;

A ghost slaps the back of one's head

to confess without being pressured;

slips of the tongue; Freudian slip (slang)

(shoot a) picture

an auction

clappers; give the final decision; rap the gavel

拍32: [sport] bat; racket;

拍3: [music] a beat, a tempo

to sever relations, part on bad terms, two people dissolve a partnership

racket

make a movie [華]: 拍電影

(slang) to thrust out one's chest, as 4/4 time is used for "marching" music

4/4 time in music

to take a picture

a ping-pong paddle

self-portrait

to take a picture or video of oneself (selfie)

a partner

have nothing to do [a soccer term referring to the 'relaxed' goalkeeper whose teammates are constantly on the attack on the other half of the pitch]

have a slack business (so slack that the shopkeeper swats flies to kill time); have a dull market

(adj.) to describe a place where the business is very quiet / slow, with hardly any customers; literally 'squatting flies to kill time'.

flatter; kiss ass, brown nose

describes the act of promising to take on something or to help out someone with full confidence

verb; clap your hand

to applaud

to pat on the shoulder; to listen, support, and care when one's upset; it is also used to describe someone who does an unpaid job as a favour

to go out on a date

courting - mating ritual, to have a romantic relationship with sb

Two people walking side by side

finished shooting / filming [written and colloquial]