惺惺作态 — Chinese idiom
惺惺作态
xīng xīng zuò tài
Traditional: 惺惺作態
Meaning
- to put on an act
Character by character
- 惺xīngintelligent, clever, astute
- 惺xīngintelligent, clever, astute
- 作zuòto make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
- 态tàimanner, bearing, attitude
Idioms sharing a character
- 惺惺相惜 xīng xīng xiāng xī
- 睡眼惺忪 shuì yǎn xīng sōng
- 并肩作战 bìng jiān zuò zhàn
- 以身作则 yǐ shēn zuò zé
- 作威作福 zuò wēi zuò fú
- 作茧自缚 zuò jiǎn zì fù
- 作鸟兽散 zuò niǎo shòu sàn
- 俾夜作昼 bǐ yè zuò zhòu
- 呼牛作马 hū niú zuò mǎ
- 回嗔作喜 huí chēn zuò xǐ
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