饰智矜愚 — “To feign wisdom and boast about it in front of the ignorant”
饰智矜愚 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to feign wisdom and boast about it in front of the ignorant”. To pretend to be clever to impress the naive. Literally, “Feigning wisdom and boasting to the ignorant”.
饰智矜愚 Pronunciation and Pinyin
饰智矜愚 Character Breakdown
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More idioms starting with 饰
- shì饰gòu垢yǎn掩cī疵gloss over flaws and defects
- shì饰guài怪zhuāng装qí奇feign eccentricity
- shì饰qíng情jiǎo矫xíng行conceal feelings, feign actions
- shì饰cí词jiáo矫qing情embellish words to feign emotion
- shì饰fēi非yǎng养guò过conceal faults and allow errors to multiply
- shì饰fēi非jù拒jiàn谏Cover up mistakes and reject advice
- shì饰fēi非yǎn掩chǒu丑cover up faults and hide scandals
- shì饰fēi非yǎn掩guò过gloss over one's faults
- shì饰fēi非wén文guò过cover up faults and gloss over mistakes
- shì饰fēi非suí遂guò过gloss over faults and persist in mistakes
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What does 饰智矜愚 mean?
饰智矜愚 (shì zhì jīn yú) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to feign wisdom and boast about it in front of the ignorant”.
How do you pronounce 饰智矜愚?
饰智矜愚 is pronounced shì zhì jīn yú in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 饰智矜愚 literally mean?
Literally, 饰智矜愚 means “Feigning wisdom and boasting to the ignorant”. It is used to mean “to feign wisdom and boast about it in front of the ignorant”.
What is the Chinese definition of 饰智矜愚?
装作有智慧而在无知者面前夸耀。