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乔装打扮

喬裝打扮
qiáozhuāngdǎbàn
idiom #40,672

Meanings

  1. 1 to dress up in disguise
  2. 2 to pretend to be someone else for deception

Examples

间谍乔装打扮，混进了敌营。
Jiāndié qiáozhuāngdǎbàn, hùn jìn le díyíng.
The spy disguised himself and infiltrated the enemy camp.
皇帝乔装打扮，悄悄走访民间。
Huángdì qiáozhuāngdǎbàn, qiāoqiāo zǒufǎng mínjiān.
The emperor put on a disguise and quietly visited the common folk.

Tips

history
Used in Wu Jianren's late-Qing novel 《痛史》 ch. 23: 不过是乔装打扮，掩人耳目 — 'merely a disguise to deceive the eyes and ears of others.'

Stroke Order

乔 qiáo
装 zhuāng
打 dǎ
扮 bàn