122 Silence, to pretend 沉默, 假装 (chénmò, jiǎzhuāng)

保持~ keep silence || ~片刻silent moment || 性格~ quiet character
be in a daze
be spellbound, be lost in thought
be in a daze
pretend
pretend
camouflage
put on airs
act with affected manners, put on an act
pretend to be ignorant
act like they don’t know, feign ignorance, play dumb
pretend to be confused

1 沉默 [-] chénmò (quiet-silent) silent, silence: 保持~ keep silence || ~片刻silent moment || 性格~ quiet character'
2 发呆 [發-] fādāi (display-daze) be in a daze: 看着~ watch without focus || 两眼~ in a daze '
3 出神 [-] chūshén (leave-soul) be spellbound, be lost in thought: 他坐在 那里 ~. He sat there, lost in thought. '
4 发愣 [發-] fālèng (display-distracted) be in a daze: 吓得~ too frightened and too distracted|| 有点~ a little bit absent-minded '
5 装 [裝] zhuāng (baggage, dress up, pretend) pretend: 不懂~懂 pretend to understand what you don’t|| ~样子pretend to be like something || ~穷pretend to be poor '
6 假装 [] jiǎzhuāng (false-pretend) pretend: ~睡着了 pretend to fall asleep || ~没看见pretend not to see || ~生气pretending to be angry '
7 伪装 [僞裝] wěizhuāng (feign-pretend) camouflage: ~自己disguise oneself || ~和平disguise peace '
8 装腔作势 [裝--勢] zhuāngqiāngzuòshì (pretend-accent-make-posture) put on airs: 她虽然有时候有点儿~, 但是大体还可以 ~. She is basically a nice girl, although she does put on a bit sometimes. '
9 装模做样 [裝--樣] zhuāngmózuòyàng (pretend-appearance-make-manner) act with affected manners, put on an act: ~地看报纸put on the act of reading the newspaper || ~地工作work with affected manners '
10 装傻 [裝-] zhuāngshǎ (pretend-silly) pretend to be ignorant: 故意~ deliberately pretend to be foolish '
11 装蒜 [裝-] zhuāngsuàn (pretend-garlic) act like they don’t know, feign ignorance, play dumb: 故意~ pretend not to know on purpose || 别~了!大家 都知道这件坏事是你做的. Stop pretending (ignorance) ! Everyone knows that you did the bad thing. '
12 装糊涂 [裝-塗] zhuānghútú (pretend-confused) pretend to be confused: 故意~ deliberately play the fool || 少~. Stop acting stupid. '

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