Play the fool
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Zhu ā NGF ē ngzu ò sh ǎ, which means deliberately pretending to be crazy. It comes from Guigong pond by Zheng Zhenduo.
Idiom usage
As a predicate, attribute, adverbial; used in dealing with affairs
Analysis of Idioms
Synonyms: act crazy, act crazy and sell stupid
The origin of Idioms
Zheng Zhenduo's "Guigong Tang" Eight: "Jia Yuqing in the middle of drinking, pretending to be crazy, slandering the Southern Dynasty characters everywhere, in order to flatter tiemuer."
Idiom explanation
Pretending to be crazy and stupid. It's the same as "playing the fool".
Play the fool
the path was covered with grass and thorns - jīng jí zài tú
unprecedented and unrepeatable - guāng qián jué hòu
Hold one's hair and eat one's dinner - wò fā tǔ sūn
The mantis catches the cicada, the Yellow sparrow is behind - táng láng bǔ chán,huáng què zài hòu
the face looks white as if painted - miàn rú fǔ fěn
a book which is poorly written and not worth reading - zāi lí huò zǎo