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假作
jiǎ zuò
Pinyin
Definition
假作
-
jiǎ zuò
to feign
to pretend
Character Decomposition
假
亻
尸
二
又
作
亻
丿
一
丨
二
Related Words
(20)
作
zuō
1
worker
2
workshop
3
(slang) troublesome
4
high-maintenance (person)
作品
zuò pǐn
1
work (of art)
2
opus
3
CL:部[bù],篇[piān]
作业
zuò yè
1
school assignment
2
homework
3
work
4
task
5
operation
6
CL:個|个[gè]
7
to operate
作为
zuò wéi
1
one's conduct
2
deed
3
activity
4
accomplishment
5
achievement
6
to act as
7
as (in the capacity of)
8
qua
9
to view as
10
to look upon (sth as)
11
to take sth to be
假
gēi
1
see 假掰[gēi bāi]
假期
jià qī
1
vacation
寒假
hán jià
1
winter vacation
工作
gōng zuò
1
to work
2
(of a machine) to operate
3
job
4
work
5
task
6
CL:個|个[gè],份[fèn],項|项[xiàng]
放假
fàng jià
1
to have a holiday or vacation
休假
xiū jià
1
to take a vacation
2
to go on holiday
作出
zuò chū
1
to put out
2
to come up with
3
to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc)
4
to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc)
5
to draw (conclusion)
6
to deliver (speech, judgment)
7
to devise (explanation)
8
to extract
作孽
zuò niè
1
to sin
作家
zuò jiā
1
author
2
CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
作弊
zuò bì
1
to practice fraud
2
to cheat
3
to engage in corrupt practices
作怪
zuò guài
1
(of a ghost) to make strange things happen
2
to act up
3
to act behind the scenes
4
to make mischief
5
odd
6
to misbehave (euphemism for having sex)
作息
zuò xī
1
to work and rest
作战
zuò zhàn
1
combat
2
to fight
作文
zuò wén
1
to write an essay
2
composition (student essay)
3
CL:篇[piān]
作用
zuò yòng
1
to act on
2
to affect
3
action
4
function
5
activity
6
impact
7
result
8
effect
9
purpose
10
intent
11
to play a role
12
corresponds to English -ity, -ism, -ization
13
CL:個|个[gè]
作痛
zuò tòng
1
to ache
Idioms
(20)
不假思索
bù jiǎ sī suǒ
1
to act without taking time to think (idiom); to react instantly
2
to fire from the hip
不问就听不到假话
bù wèn jiù tīng bù dào jiǎ huà
1
Don't ask and you won't be told any lies. (idiom)
以身作则
yǐ shēn zuò zé
1
to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model
作威作福
zuò wēi zuò fú
1
tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
作茧自缚
zuò jiǎn zì fù
1
to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
2
hoist by his own petard
作鸟兽散
zuò niǎo shòu sàn
1
lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
2
fig. to head off in various directions
3
to flee helter-skelter
俾夜作昼
bǐ yè zuò zhòu
1
lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
2
work especially hard
俾昼作夜
bǐ zhòu zuò yè
1
to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour
假公济私
jiǎ gōng jì sī
1
official authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position
假途灭虢
jiǎ tú miè Guó
1
lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner
假道伐虢
jiǎ dào fá Guó
1
to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo
2
to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy (idiom)
半真半假
bàn zhēn bàn jiǎ
1
(idiom) half true and half false
呼牛作马
hū niú zuò mǎ
1
to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
2
Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
回嗔作喜
huí chēn zuò xǐ
1
to go from anger to happiness (idiom)
天作之合
tiān zuò zhī hé
1
a match made in heaven (idiom)
天公不作美
tiān gōng bù zuò měi
1
Heaven is not cooperating (idiom)
2
the weather is not favorable for the planned activity
天公作美
tiān gōng zuò měi
1
Heaven is cooperating (idiom)
2
the weather is favorable for the planned activity (a variation of 天公不作美|天公不作美[tiān gōng bù zuò měi])
始作俑者
shǐ zuò yǒng zhě
1
lit. the first person to bury funerary dolls (idiom)
2
fig. the originator of an evil practice
寻欢作乐
xún huān zuò lè
1
pleasure seeking (idiom); life of dissipation
小作怡情,大作伤身
xiǎo zuò yí qíng , dà zuò shāng shēn
1
a little bit of it does one good, but carried to excess it's harmful (idiom)
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