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Play the fool

Time: 2022-01-31 05:33:05 Author: ChinaWiki.net

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


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