假托

jiǎtuō
  1. to pretend
  2. to use a pretext
  3. to make sth up
  4. to pass oneself off as sb else
  5. to make use of

CEDICT

  1. 虚拟、虚构。《隋书．卷七八．艺术传．序》：「或变乱阴阳，曲成君欲，或假托神怪，荧惑民心。」《二刻拍桉惊奇．卷三七》：「天下的事，纔有假，便有真。那神仙鬼怪，固然有假托的，也原自有真实的，未可执了一个见识，道总是虚妄的事。」也作「假託」。
  2. 假冒、伪托。
  3. 凭借、依托。
  4. 藉口、托词。

重編國語辭典

Homographs

假托 jiǎtuō variant of 假托 jiǎtuō

Entry Composition

=1 假 jiǎ
  1. fake
  2. false
  3. artificial
  4. to borrow
  5. if
  6. suppose
=1 假 jiǎ
  1. variant of 假 jiǎ
  2. to borrow
=2 托 tuō
  1. to hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm
  2. sth serving as a support: a prop, a rest (e.g. arm rest)
  3. (bound form) a shill
  4. to ask; to beg; to entrust (variant of 托 tuō)
  5. torr (unit of pressure)
=2 托 tuō
  1. to trust
  2. to entrust
  3. to be entrusted with
  4. to act as trustee

Related entries

佯装 yángzhuāng
  1. to pretend
  2. to pose as
乔装 qiáozhuāng
  1. to pretend
  2. to feign
  3. to disguise oneself
故作 gùzuò
  1. to pretend
  2. to feign
装作 zhuāngzuò
  1. to pretend
  2. to feign
  3. to act a part
他裝作沒在聽。

He pretended not to be listening.

Source: Tatoeba

装成 zhuāngchéng to pretend
老闆在的時候他就裝成一副很熱心的樣子。

He pretends to be enthusiastic when his boss is around.

Whenever the boss is around, he plays at being busy.

Whenever the boss is around, he pretends to be busy.

Source: Tatoeba

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