feign madness and act like an idiot

feign madness and act like an idiot

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Zhu ā NGF ē NGM à ISH ǎ, which means deliberately pretending to be crazy. From three notes.

The origin of Idioms

Wang Yuanjian's three notes: "that's the world of the white devils of the Kuomintang. I'll give him a fool and ask him three questions."

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning. In Cheng Daoyi's Romance of the gengzi incident, "I intend to pretend to be crazy and fool, act as an immortal, kill this dragon, and then I can ascend the throne."