Make up

Make up

It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is n ø nggu ǐ Zhu ā ngy ā o, which means pretending. It means acting deliberately, so it's posture. It comes from "Changsheng hall · Xuge" by Hong Sheng in Qing Dynasty.

Idiom usage

As predicate, attributive, adverbial

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: pretend

The origin of Idioms

Hongsheng's "Changsheng Palace · Xuge" in Qing Dynasty: "don't let the spleen come and go, and make up the ghost."

Idiom explanation

I'm just putting on airs. It means to act deliberately, so to make a gesture.