不懂装懂 (不懂裝懂)
bù dǒng zhuāng dǒng
Pinyin

Definition

不懂装懂 (不懂裝懂)
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bù dǒng zhuāng dǒng
  1. to pretend to understand when you don't

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不
bù
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
不久
bù jiǔ
  1. 1 not long (after)
  2. 2 before too long
  3. 3 soon
  4. 4 soon after
不但
bù dàn
  1. 1 not only (... but also...)
不仅
bù jǐn
  1. 1 not only (this one)
  2. 2 not just (...) but also
不到
bù dào
  1. 1 not to arrive
  2. 2 not reaching
  3. 3 insufficient
  4. 4 less than

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
yī chén bù rǎn
  1. 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
  2. 2 spotless
一字不提
yī zì bù tí
  1. 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive

Sample Sentences

你还挺小资的嘛！不过现在国内爱听爵士的人真是挺多的，有些是真喜欢，有些却是不懂装懂，把听爵士当成身份的象征。多做作！
nǐ hái tǐng xiǎozī de ma ！bùguò xiànzài guónèi ài tīng juéshì de rén zhēnshì tǐng duō de ，yǒuxiē shì zhēn xǐhuan ，yǒuxiē què shì bùdǒngzhuāngdǒng ，bǎ tīng juéshì dāngchéng shēnfèn de xiàngzhēng 。duō zuòzuo ！
You're a real hedonist! But these days a lot of people in China love jazz. Some people really like it, others just pretend they understand it. They make listening to jazz a sort of status symbol. It's so pretentious!
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