作秀
zuò xiù
Pinyin

Definition

作秀
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zuò xiù
  1. to show off (loanword, from English "show")
  2. to grandstand
  3. to perform in a stage show

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

作
zuō
  1. 1 worker
  2. 2 workshop
  3. 3 (slang) troublesome
  4. 4 high-maintenance (person)
作品
zuò pǐn
  1. 1 work (of art)
  2. 2 opus
  3. 3 classifier: 部 bù
  4. 4 classifier: 篇 piān
作业
zuò yè
  1. 1 school assignment
  2. 2 homework
  3. 3 work
  4. 4 task
  5. 5 operation
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
  7. 7 to operate
作为
zuò wéi
  1. 1 one's conduct
  2. 2 deed
  3. 3 activity
  4. 4 accomplishment
  5. 5 achievement
  6. 6 to act as
  7. 7 as (in the capacity of)
  8. 8 qua
  9. 9 to view as
  10. 10 to look upon (sth as)
  11. 11 to take sth to be
作用
zuò yòng
  1. 1 to act on
  2. 2 to affect
  3. 3 action
  4. 4 function
  5. 5 activity
  6. 6 impact
  7. 7 result
  8. 8 effect
  9. 9 purpose
  10. 10 intent
  11. 11 to play a role
  12. 12 corresponds to English -ity, -ism, -ization
  13. 13 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

一枝独秀
yī zhī dú xiù
  1. 1 lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be in a league of one's own
  3. 3 outstanding
以身作则
yǐ shēn zuò zé
  1. 1 to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model
作威作福
zuò wēi zuò fú
  1. 1 tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
作茧自缚
zuò jiǎn zì fù
  1. 1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. 2 hoist by his own petard
作鸟兽散
zuò niǎo shòu sàn
  1. 1 lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to head off in various directions
  3. 3 to flee helter-skelter

Sample Sentences

不是李小龙就是李连杰，他们有真功夫。成龙就只有点花拳绣腿，作秀的成分多一点。
bù shì LǐXiǎolóng jiùshì LǐLiánjié ，tā men yǒu zhēn gōngfu 。Chénglóng jiù zhǐ yǒudiǎn huāquánxiùtuǐ ，zuòxiù de chéngfèn duō yīdiǎn 。
If it's not Bruce Li it's Jackie Chan. They really know kung fu. Jackie Chan's style is showy but impractical. It's more of a performance.
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对啊，现在选举已经演变成选党不选人，选举常常变成几个烂苹果里面选一个比较不烂的，而政见只是作秀。
duìa ，xiànzài xuǎnjǔ yǐjīng yǎnbiàn chéng xuǎn dǎng bù xuǎn rén ，xuǎnjǔ chángcháng biànchéng jǐ ge làn píngguǒ lǐmiàn xuǎn yī gè bǐjiào bù làn de ，ér zhèngjiàn zhǐshì zuòxiù 。
Yeah, now elections have already changed into electing parties not people. Elections are now like selecting the least rotten apple of several bad apples, and manifestoes are just for show.
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