Read Edit View history Discussion 煞有介事 shàyǒujièshì to pretend to be serious Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 煞有介事 shàyǒujièshì to pretend to be serious To act as if one is taking things very seriously; to make a show of being in earnest, often in an exaggerated way or to deceive others Frequency Written text 0.697 per million Cross-References Antonym 若无其事 ruòwúqíshì Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
煞有介事 shàyǒujièshì to pretend to be serious To act as if one is taking things very seriously; to make a show of being in earnest, often in an exaggerated way or to deceive others Frequency Written text 0.697 per million Cross-References Antonym 若无其事 ruòwúqíshì Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)