A trickster is someone who fools or cheats other people, usually by being quick and clever with words rather than by threatening anyone.

A trickster is someone who fools or cheats other peopletrickster 是騙人或耍手段的人，usually by being quick and clever with words通常靠的是嘴巴機靈、腦筋動得快，rather than by threatening anyone而不是靠威脅別人。

But the word rarely sounds purely bad, and that is worth noticing. In stories and folk tales all over the world — the monkey, the fox, the clever servant — the trickster is a beloved character who wins by wit against someone bigger and stronger.

But the word rarely sounds purely bad但這個字很少聽起來完全是負面的，and that is worth noticing這點值得注意。In stories and folk tales all over the world在世界各地的故事和民間傳說裡——the monkey, the fox, the clever servant猴子、狐狸、機靈的僕人這類角色——the trickster is a beloved charactertrickster 是很受喜愛的角色，who wins by wit against someone bigger and stronger靠智慧贏過比自己強大的對手。

Because of that, calling a real person a trickster often mixes annoyance with a kind of admiration: he cheated me, but you have to admit he was smart.

Because of that也因為這樣，calling a real person a trickster說一個真實的人是 trickster，often mixes annoyance with a kind of admiration常常混雜著生氣和一點佩服：he cheated me, but you have to admit he was smart.意思是他騙了我，但你不得不承認他很聰明。

If you want to say plainly that someone stole money by lying, the ordinary words are con man, scammer, or fraudster; trickster sounds more literary and less angry.

If you want to say plainly that someone stole money by lying如果你想直接說某人騙錢，the ordinary words are con man, scammer, or fraudster一般會用 con man、scammer 或 fraudster 這些字；trickster sounds more literary and less angrytrickster 聽起來比較文學、比較不生氣。

The word also appears as a proper term in the study of myths and stories, where 'the trickster' names a whole type of character. There is a rare verb use, 'to trickster', but students will almost never meet it and should not use it.

The word also appears as a proper term in the study of myths and stories這個字也是神話與故事研究裡的一個正式術語，where 'the trickster' names a whole type of character'the trickster' 在那裡指的是一整個類型的角色。There is a rare verb use, 'to trickster'也有罕見的動詞用法 'to trickster'，but students will almost never meet it and should not use it但學生幾乎不會遇到，也不該用它。