feign innocence; disavow involvement
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to feign innocence; to pretend to have nothing to do with something (often a wrongdoing); to disavow involvement
dialectUsed to criticize someone who acts innocent or tries to distance themselves from a bad situation they are actually involved in. Common in northern dialects.
Zhè这
shì事
míng明
míng明
shì是
tā他
gàn干
de的
，
tā他
hái还
zài在
zhè这
er儿
jiǎ假
piē撇
qīng清
。
He obviously did it, but he's still here pretending to be innocent.
Bié别
jiǎ假
piē撇
qīng清
le了
，
wǒ我
men们
dōu都
zhī知
dào道
shì是
nǐ你
shuō说
de的
。
Stop pretending you had nothing to do with it; we all know you said it.
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Tā他
chū出
le了
shì事
jiù就
xiǎng想
jiǎ假
piē撇
qīng清
，
bǎ把
zé责
rèn任
tuī推
gěi给
bié别
rén人
。
As soon as trouble happens, he tries to disavow involvement and shift the blame onto others.