裝作

装作
zhuāngzuò
  1. to pretend
  2. to feign
  3. to act a part

CEDICT

to pretend; to make believe; to feign

Wiktionary

Examples

他裝作沒在聽。

He pretended not to be listening.

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丽萨装作没有听见。

Lisa pretended not to hear.

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昨天她裝作沒有聽見他。

She pretended not to hear him yesterday.

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湯姆坐在桌前，装作在學習。

Tom sat at his desk, pretending to study.

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他裝作沒事發生，繼續說他的話。

He went on talking as though nothing had happened.

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Entry Composition

1 裝 zhuāng
  1. adornment
  2. to adorn
  3. dress
  4. clothing
  5. costume (of an actor in a play)
  6. to play a role
  7. to pretend
  8. to install
  9. to fix
  10. to wrap (sth in a bag)
  11. to load
  12. to pack
2 作 zuò
  1. to do; to engage in
  2. to write; to compose
  3. to pretend; to feign
  4. to regard as; to consider to be
  5. to be; to act the part of
  6. to feel (itchy, nauseous etc)
  7. writings; works

Related entries

佯裝 yángzhuāng
  1. to pretend
  2. to pose as
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
喬裝 qiáozhuāng
  1. to pretend
  2. to feign
  3. to disguise oneself
故作 gùzuò
  1. to pretend
  2. to feign
裝成 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.

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