装腔作势
zhuāng​qiāng​zuò​shì

pretentious

  • created sense approved 装腔作势/裝腔作勢 · zhuāng​qiāng​zuò​shì · pretentious — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    装腔作势 / 裝腔作勢

    zhuāng​qiāng​zuò​shì

    pretentious

    to be affected or pretentious; to put on airs or strike a pose, often to attract attention or intimidate others

    装 (literal) → 装/裝 · zhuāng · to pretend 腔 (literal) → 腔 · qiāng · accent 作势 (literal) → 作势/作勢 · zuò​shì · to put on airs

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

    created sense