act dumb
Pretending to be stupid is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is Zhu ā ngsh ǎ ch ō NGL è ng, which means pretending to be stupid. It's from divine boxing.
The origin of Idioms
Lao She's "divine fist" Act 2: "you are pretending to be stupid! Besides the Boxer Rebellion, do we have a second way to go? "
Idiom usage
As predicate, attributive, adverbial; mostly used in oral English.
Chinese PinYin : zhuāng shǎ chōng lèng
act dumb
mutual exchange of needed products. yǒu wú xiāng tōng
severity shown by an official on assuming office. xià mǎ wēi
not to distinguish black from white. zào bái bù fēn
consider everyone beneath one's notice. mù wú yú zǐ
the king and his ministers united all efforts for a common purpose. áo míng biē yīng