Play the fool
It is a Chinese idiom, pretending to be wise and boasting in front of the ignorant. From Zhuangzi Shanmu.
Idiom explanation
Pretending to be wise and boasting in front of the ignorant.
Idioms and allusions
Zhuangzi Shanmu (Zhuangzi Shanmu) written by Zhuangzi in the Warring States period, Song Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty: "adorning knowledge to frighten stupidity, cultivating one's morality to show pollution."
Discrimination of words
Be smart
[usage] used as a predicate; refers to a person's own cleverness
Play the fool
difficult to have such a grand feast again - shèng yán nán zài
Never die till you reach the Yellow River - bù dào huáng hé xīn bù sǐ
no end of trouble for the future - hòu huàn wú qióng
give a vivid and lifelike description - huì yǐng huì shēng