zhuāng lóng zuò yǎ
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  • derogplay deaf and dumb

    • tā zhuāng lóng zuò yǎ shuō yī diǎn yě bù zhī dào

      装聋作哑一点知道

      She pretended to know nothing about it.

    • tā zhuāng lóng zuò yǎ bù lǐ cǎi tā qī zi de láo dao

      装聋作哑理睬妻子唠叨

      He affected deafness to ignore his wife's nagging.

    • tā men dàng shí zhī dào qí shì xiàn xiàng réng rán cún zài dàn shì nìng yuàn zhuāng lóng zuò yǎ

      他们当时知道歧视现象仍然存在但是宁愿装聋作哑

      They knew that discrimination was going on, but chose to ignore it.

Word usage

  • Note
    "装聋作哑" cannot be written as "装聋做哑".