装疯卖傻 — Chinese idiom
装疯卖傻
zhuāng fēng mài shǎ
Traditional: 裝瘋賣傻
Meaning
- to play the fool; to feign madness; to act dumb
Character by character
- 装zhuāngdress, clothes, attire; to wear, to install
- 疯fēngcrazy, insane, mentally ill
- 卖màito sell; to betray; to show off
- 傻shǎfoolish, silly, stupid; an imbecile
Idioms sharing a character
- 乔装打扮 qiáo zhuāng dǎ bàn
- 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
- 装神弄鬼 zhuāng shén nòng guǐ
- 装穷叫苦 zhuāng qióng jiào kǔ
- 装点门面 zhuāng diǎn mén miàn
- 倚老卖老 yǐ lǎo mài lǎo
- 生炒热卖 shēng chǎo rè mài
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