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derogplay deaf and dumb
她装聋作哑,说一点也不知道。
She pretended to know nothing about it.
他装聋作哑,不理睬他妻子的唠叨。
He affected deafness to ignore his wife's nagging.
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.
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- Note"装聋作哑" cannot be written as "装聋做哑".