quỷ thuật

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Definition

1. Noun:
   • Prestidigitation, conjuring, sleight of hand: The art or skill of performing tricks that create illusions, making the audience believe something magical or supernatural is happening. It relies on manual dexterity, misdirection, and clever devices rather than actual magic.
   • Conjuring trick, magic trick: A specific performance or illusion created using these skills.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Anh ấy là bậc thầy về quỷ thuật. (He is a master of prestidigitation.)
  • Màn trình diễn quỷ thuật của ảo thuật gia đó khiến khán giả sửng sốt. (That magician's conjuring performance amazed the audience.)
  • Đó chỉ là một trò quỷ thuật khéo léo. (That was just a clever conjuring trick.)

Advanced Usage

• The word quỷ thuật often carries a connotation of trickery, clever deception, or something mysteriously skillful, not necessarily evil. It is a classical term for what is now more commonly called (illusion magic).

Variants and Related Words

• Ảo thuật (n): A more modern and general term for magic, illusion, or conjuring. It is the standard term for stage magic.
• Ảo thuật gia (n): Magician, illusionist.
• Trò ảo thuật (n): Magic trick, illusion.
• Mánh khóe (n): Trick, ruse, ploy (can have a negative connotation of deceit).

Synonyms

• Ảo thuật: Magic, illusion.
• Trò ma thuật: Magic trick (can imply more supernatural association).
• Trò khéo tay: Sleight of hand (emphasizes manual skill).

Related Phrases / Idioms

• Tay quỷ thuật: Literally "a hand of prestidigitation"; used to describe someone with incredibly fast and skillful hands, often in contexts beyond magic, such as pickpocketing or expert craftsmanship.
  • Tên trộm có bàn tay quỷ thuật. (The thief has the hands of a conjurer.)

Học thuật

1. Prestidigitation, conjuring tricks
   • Người làm trò quỷ thuật
     A prestidigitator, a conjurer