打马虎眼 |
dǎ mǎ hu yǎn |
to play dumb / to slack off (idiom) |
打 |
dá |
(loanword) dozen / Taiwan pr. [da3] |
打 |
dǎ |
a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打电话 "to make a phone call", 打针 "to get an injection", 打手套 "to knit gloves", 打气 "to inflate") / to hit; to strike / to fight / (coll.) from; since (as in 打那以后 "since then") |
马 |
Mǎ |
surname Ma / abbr. for Malaysia 马来西亚 |
马 |
mǎ |
horse / CL:匹 / horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess / knight in Western chess |
马虎 |
mǎ hu |
careless / sloppy / negligent / skimpy |
虎 |
hǔ |
tiger / CL:只 |
眼 |
yǎn |
eye (CL:只,双) / (often used with 一) a look; a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc |