矫揉造作 — “To be affected, pretentious, and unnatural”
矫揉造作 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be affected, pretentious, and unnatural”. To put on airs.
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矫揉造作 Pronunciation and Pinyin
矫揉造作 Character Breakdown
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她的表演虽然技术精湛，但总让人觉得有些矫揉造作，缺乏真情实感。
Although her performance was technically brilliant, it always felt a bit affected and unnatural, lacking genuine emotion.
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More idioms starting with 矫
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- jiǎo矫shì世lì厉sú俗rectify social customs and promote integrity
- jiǎo矫shì世biàn变sú俗correct and transform undesirable social customs
- jiǎo矫guó国gēng更sú俗rectify affairs and reform customs
- jiǎo矫guó国gé革sú俗rectify governance and reform customs
- jiǎo矫wěi尾lì厉jiǎo角show off strength and act arrogantly
- jiǎo矫qíng情gān干yù誉feign sentiment for reputation
- jiáo矫qing情zì自shì饰feign elegance to mask true self
- jiǎo矫qíng情zhèn镇wù物feign composure to hide true emotions
- jiáo矫qing情shì饰wěi伪feign emotion and disguise falseness
- jiǎo矫qíng情shì饰xíng行feign emotion and adorn behavior
- jiǎo矫qíng情shì饰zhà诈feign sincerity to deceive
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What does 矫揉造作 mean?
矫揉造作 (jiǎo róu zào zuò) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be affected, pretentious, and unnatural”.
How do you pronounce 矫揉造作?
矫揉造作 is pronounced jiǎo róu zào zuò in Mandarin Chinese.
What is the Chinese definition of 矫揉造作?
矫：使弯的变成直的；揉：使直的变成弯的。比喻故意做作，不自然。