装聋作哑
zhuāng​lóng​zuò​yǎ

to play deaf and dumb

  • created sense approved 装聋作哑/裝聾作啞 · zhuāng​lóng​zuò​yǎ · to play deaf and dumb — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    装聋作哑 / 裝聾作啞

    zhuāng​lóng​zuò​yǎ

    to play deaf and dumb

    to pretend to be deaf and mute; to feign ignorance of a situation intentionally

    装 (literal) → 装/裝 · zhuāng · to pretend 聋 (literal) → 聋/聾 · lóng · deaf 作 (literal) → 作 · zuò · to pretend 哑 (literal) → 哑/啞 · yǎ · mute

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

    created sense