| 装聋作哑 |
zhuāng lóng zuò yǎ |
to play deaf-mute |
| 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 |
| 聋 |
lóng |
deaf |
| 作 |
zuō |
(bound form) worker / (bound form) workshop / (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) |
| 作 |
zuò |
to do; to engage in / to write; to compose / to pretend; to feign / to regard as; to consider to be / to be; to act the part of / to feel (itchy, nauseous etc) / writings; works |
| 哑 |
yā |
(onom.) sound of cawing / sound of infant learning to talk / variant of 呀 |
| 哑 |
yǎ |
mute; dumb; incapable of speech / (of a voice) hoarse; husky / (bound form) (of a bullet, bomb etc) dud |