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打马虎眼
dǎ​mǎ​hu​yǎn

to play dumb

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

Senses

打马虎眼/ 打馬虎眼 dǎ​mǎ​hu​yǎn (also dǎ​mǎ​hū​yǎn) to play dumb

to pretend to be ignorant or confused in order to deceive someone; to stall for time or shirk responsibility

References

synonym 捣浆糊/搗漿糊 → 打马虎眼/打馬虎眼
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