false display of affection(xū qíng jiǎ yì)

false display of affection

Hypocrisy, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ū Q í ngji ǎ y ì, which means to pretend to be enthusiastic, not sincere. From journey to the West.

The origin of Idioms

Wu Chengen's journey to the West in Ming Dynasty, Chapter 30: "the goblin's sweet words and hypocritical reply:" my Lord, I like to bow and hunt for a living since I was a child. "

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning. Chapter 33 of a journey to the west by Wu Chengen of Ming Dynasty: the strange and ingenious words and hypocritical words said: "master, there is a quiet temple in Shanxi. I am a Taoist in that temple." Xu Lin's xiuruji guidaijue in Ming Dynasty: "he knows our hypocrisy A sincere gentleman knows nothing about treachery and has no way to go. Chapter 18 of the palace of eternal life by Hong Sheng in Qing Dynasty: insincere and deceitful, only deceiving the slave. Chapter 31 of Zeng Pu's the flowers of the evil sea in Qing Dynasty: it's hypocritical in me. You're just as sad to hear that. Mao Dun's Revenge of Samson: "I feel that I'm too shameless, and I also feel that people only treat him with hypocrisy, so I'll ask you something." Kang Xiaoyin's "Si Jun Fu" Chapter 3 Section 2: don't look at his good-looking, serious, it is a hypocrite who deceives the world and steals fame, helping the weak to save the poor, pity the few, cherish the lonely is the performance of hypocrisy.

Chinese PinYin : xū qíng jiǎ yì