打马虎眼

Traditional: 打馬虎眼

dǎ mǎ hu yǎn

Dictionary entry

to play dumb

What does 打马虎眼 mean?

打马虎眼 (dǎ mǎ hu yǎn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to play dumb

2to slack off (idiom)

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打dá(loanword) dozen · Taiwan pr. [da3]马Mǎsurname Ma · abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]虎hǔtiger · CL:隻|只[zhi1]眼yǎneye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]) · (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance

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How to pronounce 打马虎眼

打马虎眼

dǎ mǎ hu yǎn

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