ná​qiāng​ná​diào

to speak in an affected tone

  • created reference approved 拿腔拿调/拿腔拿調 → 装腔作势/裝腔作勢 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拿腔拿调 / 拿腔拿調 ná​qiāng​ná​diào

    装腔作势 / 裝腔作勢 zhuāng​qiāng​zuò​shì

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 拿腔拿调/拿腔拿調 · ná​qiāng​ná​diào · to speak in an affected tone — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    拿腔拿调 / 拿腔拿調

    ná​qiāng​ná​diào

    to speak in an affected tone

    to speak with an artificial or affected tone of voice; to put on airs while speaking

    拿 (literal) → 拿 · ná · to put on 腔 (literal) → 腔 · qiāng · accent 拿 (literal) → 拿 · ná · to put on 调 (literal) → 调/調 · diào · accent

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense