做张做势 — Chinese idiom
做张做势
zuò zhāng zuò shì
Traditional: 做張做勢
Meaning
- to put on an act ; to pose
- to show theatrical affectation
- to indulge in histrionics
Character by character
- 做zuòto work, to make; to act
- 张zhāngto display; to expand, to open; to stretch; a shee
- 做zuòto work, to make; to act
- 势shìpower, force; tendency, attitude
Idioms sharing a character
- 做好做歹 zuò hǎo zuò dǎi
- 做张做智 zuò zhāng zuò zhì
- 做贼心虚 zuò zéi xīn xū
- 光说不做 guāng shuō bù zuò
- 好吃懒做 hào chī lǎn zuò
- 小题大做 xiǎo tí dà zuò
- 说到做到 shuō dào zuò dào
- 剑拔弩张 jiàn bá nǔ zhāng
- 嚣张气焰 xiāo zhāng qì yàn
- 大张挞伐 dà zhāng tà fá
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