装聋作哑 (zhuāng lóng zuò yǎ) — to pretend to be deaf and dumb; to deliberately ignore or play ignorant about something
Definition
An idiom meaning to deliberately feign ignorance — pretending not to know or hear something to avoid involvement or responsibility. Always carries a negative judgment about the person's evasiveness.
idiom
to pretend to be deaf and dumbto deliberately ignore or play ignorant about something
Examples
- ，装聋作哑。Tā míng míng zhī dào zhēn xiàng, què zài nà lǐ zhuāng lóng zuò yǎ.He clearly knows the truth, but he's pretending to be deaf and dumb.
- ，装聋作哑，。Yù dào zhè zhǒng wèn tí, bú yào zhuāng lóng zuò yǎ, yào yǒng gǎn miàn duì.When you encounter this kind of problem, don't pretend to be ignorant — face it bravely.
- ，装聋作哑。Lǎo bǎn wèn shì shuí de cuò, dà jiā dōu zhuāng lóng zuò yǎ.When the boss asked whose fault it was, everyone pretended not to know.
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