煞有介事 — Chinese idiom
煞有介事
shà yǒu jiè shì
Meaning
- to make a show of being very much in earnest
- to act as if one is taking things very seriously
Character by character
- 煞shàdemon, fiend; baleful, noxious
- 有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist
- 介jièagent, go-between, intermediary; to introduce; she
- 事shìaffair, matter, business; to serve; accident, inci
Idioms sharing a character
- 凶神恶煞 xiōng shén è shà
- 煞费苦心 shà fèi kǔ xīn
- 一无所有 yī wú suǒ yǒu
- 三生有幸 sān shēng yǒu xìng
- 互通有无 hù tōng yǒu wú
- 井井有条 jǐng jǐng yǒu tiáo
- 井然有序 jǐng rán yǒu xù
- 别有用心 bié yǒu yòng xīn
- 前所未有 qián suǒ wèi yǒu
- 化为乌有 huà wéi wū yǒu
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