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  • 1

    v.dialplay the fool; pretend to be naive; pretend to be stupid

    • qí shí tā shá dōu zhī dào tā shì zài fàn shǎ ba

      其实知道犯傻

      Actually, he knows everything, but he pretends to know nothing.

    • dà jiā dōu zǒu le tā hái zuò nà fàn shǎ

      大家犯傻

      He was still sitting there in a daze when everybody had left.

    • nǐ bù yòng fàn shǎ le yīn wèi wǒ men dōu zhī dào nǐ shì xián yí rén

      不用犯傻因为我们知道嫌疑人

      You don't need to play the fool, because we all know you are the suspect.

  • 2

    v.dialblunder; do something foolish; act foolishly

    • tā shuō nà yàng de huà zhǔn shì fàn shǎ le

      那样准是犯傻

      He must be mad to say so.

    • wǒ bù huì fàn shǎ wàng le zhī qián de jiào xùn

      不会犯傻之前教训

      I'm wise enough not to forget the lessons of the past.

    • tā cái bù huì fàn shǎ zuò nà yàng de chǔn shì ne

      不会犯傻那样蠢事

      He knows better than to make such a blunder.

  • 3

    v.dialbe in a daze (or trance)

    • tā zuò zài nà r fàn shǎ ne

      那儿犯傻

      It's silly of him to sit there.

Word usage

  • "犯" and "傻" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
    • 证据面前不了

      You can't pretend to be ignorant in front of the evidence.

    • 年轻

      I made some blunders when I was young.

    • 这儿什么

      What are you doing here in a daze?

Chinese words with pinyin fan sha