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作势

zuò shì

2-character word Traditional 作勢

What 作势 means

1. to adopt an attitude
2. to strike a posture

The characters in 作势

• 作zuòto do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign
• 势shìpower; influence; potential

Words containing 作势

• 装腔作势zhuāng qiāng zuò shìposturing; pretentious; affected

Sounds the same

Read zuò shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 做事to work; to handle matters; to have a job
• 坐视to stand by and watch; to look on passively
• 作誓to pledge