pretend to be ignorant; gloss over; pull the wool over someone's eyes
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to pretend to be ignorant; to play dumb; to gloss over
informal口语中常用，带有贬义，指故意不认真对待或企图欺骗他人。近义词“装糊涂”、“蒙混过关”。
Bié别
gēn跟
wǒ我
dǎ打
mǎ马
hu虎
yǎn眼
，
zhè这
shì事
er儿
nǐ你
kěn肯
dìng定
zhī知
dào道
。
Don't play dumb with me; you definitely know about this.
Tā他
yī一
fàn犯
cuò错
jiù就
xiǎng想
dǎ打
mǎ马
hu虎
yǎn眼
hù糊
nong弄
guò过
qù去
。
Whenever he makes a mistake, he tries to gloss over it.
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Lǐng领
dǎo导
wèn问
qǐ起
zé责
rèn任
，
tā他
jiù就
zài在
nà那
er儿
dǎ打
mǎ马
hu虎
yǎn眼
。
When the leader asked about responsibility, he just pretended not to know.