装穷叫苦 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to feign and complain bitterly of being poverty stricken

Character by character

• 装zhuāngdress, clothes, attire; to wear, to install
• 穷qióngpoor, destitute; to exhaust
• 叫jiàocry, shout; to call, to greet, to hail
• 苦kǔbitter; hardship, suffering

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
• 装疯卖傻 zhuāng fēng mài shǎ
• 装神弄鬼 zhuāng shén nòng guǐ
• 装点门面 zhuāng diǎn mén miàn
• 国弱民穷 guó ruò mín qióng
• 图穷匕见 tú qióng bǐ xiàn

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