装模作样 — Chinese idiom
装模作样
zhuāng mó zuò yàng
Traditional: 裝模作樣
Meaning
- to put on an act; to show affectation; to indulge in histrionics
Character by character
- 装zhuāngdress, clothes, attire; to wear, to install
- 模mómodel, pattern, standard; to copy, to imitate
- 作zuòto make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
- 样yàngform, pattern, shape, style
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
- 一模一样 yī mú yī yàng
- 人模狗样 rén mú gǒu yàng
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