| 揣着明白装糊涂 |
chuāi zhe míng bai zhuāng hú tu |
to pretend to not know / to play dumb |
| 揣 |
chuāi |
to put into (one's pockets, clothes) / Taiwan pr. [chuai3] |
| 揣 |
chuǎi |
to estimate / to guess / to figure / to surmise |
| 着 |
zhāo |
a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick; tactic / (dialect) okay; all right / (dialect) to put in; to add |
| 着 |
zháo |
to touch / to come in contact with / to feel / to be affected by / to catch fire / to burn / (coll.) to fall asleep / (after a verb) hitting the mark / succeeding in |
| 着 |
zhe |
aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 着 |
zhuó |
to wear (clothes) / to contact / to use / to apply |
| 明 |
Míng |
Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) / surname Ming / Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神农 Farmer God |
| 明 |
míng |
bright / opposite: dark 暗 / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods |
| 明白 |
míng bai |
clear; obvious; unequivocal / sensible; reasonable / to understand; to realize |
| 白 |
Bái |
surname Bai |
| 白 |
bái |
white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera |
| 装 |
zhuāng |
adornment / to adorn / dress / clothing / costume (of an actor in a play) / to play a role / to pretend / to install / to fix / to wrap (sth in a bag) / to load / to pack |
| 糊 |
hú |
variant of 糊 |
| 糊 |
hū |
to smear; to daub; to cover (a surface with sth sticky or paste-like) / Taiwan pr. [hu2] |
| 糊 |
hú |
to paste; to glue / blurry; unclear; muddled / (esp. of food) scorched; burnt / paste; mush; thick gruel |
| 糊 |
hù |
paste / cream |
| 糊 |
hú |
congee / (in 糊口) to feed oneself |
| 糊涂 |
hú tu |
muddled / silly / confused |
| 涂 |
tú |
to apply (paint etc) / to smear / to daub / to blot out / to scribble / to scrawl / (literary) mud / street |
| 涂 |
Tú |
surname Tu |
| 涂 |
tú |
variant of 途 |