act affectedly

act affectedly

It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is n á Qi ā ngzu ò sh ì, which means to deliberately put on a tone and make a gesture in order to attract people's attention or to frighten and deceive people.

explain

Deliberately put on a tone, make a gesture, in order to attract attention or to frighten, cheat.

Idiom story

Mrs. Wang asked Jia Huan to copy the Vajra mantra. Jia Huan came to Mrs. Wang's Kang and sat down. She made people light candles and copy it with great momentum. Caixia, the servant girl, asks him to copy safely, while Jiahuan insists that Caixia and Baoyu are good, but not good to him. Caixia scolded him for biting LV Dongbin, who didn't know a good heart. At this time, Baoyu and Wang Xifeng came in, and Jia Huan had to sulk secretly