插科打諢

1. • to include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom) to jest
2. • buffoonery

Character by character

• 插(chā)insert
• 科(kē)branch of study
• 打(dǎ)a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings
• 諢(hùn)jest