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装腔作势

zhuāng qiāng zuò shì

4-character word Traditional 裝腔作勢

What 装腔作势 means

1. posturing
2. pretentious
3. affected

The characters in 装腔作势

• 装zhuāngadornment; to adorn; dress
• 腔qiāng(bound form) cavity; (bound form) speech; talk; tune
• 作zuòto do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign
• 势shìpower; influence; potential

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