乔装打扮 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to dress up in disguise ; to pretend for the purpose of deceit

Character by character

• 乔qiáotall, lofty; proud, stately
• 装zhuāngdress, clothes, attire; to wear, to install
• 打dǎto attack, to beat, to hit, to strike
• 扮bàncostume, disguise; to dress up

Idioms sharing a character

• 乔迁之喜 qiáo qiān zhī xǐ
• 女扮男装 nǚ bàn nán zhuāng
• 男扮女装 nán bàn nǚ zhuāng
• 装傻充愣 zhuāng shǎ chōng lèng
• 装模作样 zhuāng mó zuò yàng
• 装疯卖傻 zhuāng fēng mài shǎ
• 装神弄鬼 zhuāng shén nòng guǐ
• 装穷叫苦 zhuāng qióng jiào kǔ
• 装点门面 zhuāng diǎn mén miàn
• 一炮打响 yī pào dǎ xiǎng

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