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惺惺作态
xīng​xīng​zuò​tài

to put on an act

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
惺惺作态 惺惺作態 xīng​xīng​zuò​tài
to put on an act
(idiom) to act in an affected or hypocritical manner; to pretend to be someone one is not, such as by feigning kindness or sincerity

Frequency

Written text
0.186 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 装腔作势 zhuāng​qiāng​zuò​shì

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)