Push the deaf and make up the dumb(tuī lóng zhuāng yǎ)

Push the deaf and make up the dumb

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Tu ī L ó ngzhu ā ngy ǎ, which means pretending to be indifferent and know nothing. From the water margin.

The origin of Idioms

Ming Shi Naian's Water Margin chapter 49: "uncle, don't be dumb! Do you not know in the city that they are my brothers? Not your brother? "

Idiom usage

I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Chapter 23 of Wu Chengen's journey to the West in Ming Dynasty: "when Sanzang hears the words, he pushes the deaf and makes up the dumb. He calms his eyes and calms his heart, but does not answer in silence. The 58th chapter of "Jin Ping Mei" written by Lan Ling Xiaosheng in Ming Dynasty: "how do you push the deaf and make-up dumb to pretend to be a simple child?" "Zhang Wupo, don't push the deaf and make-up dumb. This is the language in the prime minister's book." It is also called "pushing the deaf to be dumb". The second part of Kunlun slave by Mei Dingzuo of Ming Dynasty: "he said heroic words. How can you stop fighting so that you can't be deaf and dumb."

Chinese PinYin : tuī lóng zhuāng yǎ