装标垛

裝標垛

zhuāngbiāoduǒ

idiom

Meanings

1 to put on airs; to strike a pose

Characters

to pretend; affect

marker; signpost

Examples

他在人前装标垛，其实没什么真本事。

Tā zài rén qián zhuāngbiāoduǒ, qíshí méi shénme zhēn běnshì.

He struts about in front of people, but he has no real ability.

别装标垛了，大家都看出来了。

Bié zhuāngbiāoduǒ le, dàjiā dōu kàn chūlái le.

Stop putting on airs, everyone can see through it.

Tips

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Archaic and obscure — you'll run into it in old vernacular fiction rather than modern speech. Modern equivalents are 摆架子 or 装腔作势.

Stroke Order

装 zhuāng

标 biāo

垛 duǒ