make a show of being in earnest(xiàng shà yǒu jiè shì)

make a show of being in earnest

To put on a show as if there were such a thing. Mao Dun's Midnight: "Tu Weiyue's magic weapon is to talk big. It's like he's really serious. He's full of ideas and confidence!"

It refers to "acting like a preposition" and "acting like a role model". It refers to "acting like a role model" and "verb object" type

Chinese PinYin : xiàng shà yǒu jiè shì