1.empty words2.bogus speech
1.phony mercy2.sham benevolence3.crocodile tears
1.demure2.prudish3.hypocritical
resort area; tourist zone (in China, typically state-designated for integrated tourism development)
katakana (Japanese script)
leave of absence request (from work or school)
1.phonetic loan character2.using one character interchangeably for phonetically related characters
to fail to return a borrowed item
1.hypocrisy2.pretended righteousness
1.fiction comes true2.play-acting that turns into reality
to get one's own task done by sb else
(idiom) to get one's own task done by sb else
(derog.) wannabe foreigner, a Chinese person who apes the ways of foreigners
lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner
1.masked ball2.masquerade
unjust, fake and false charges (in a legal case)
(idiom) half true and half false
1.replacement guaranteed if not genuine2.fig. authentic
pretense that turns into reality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true
hard to distinguish real from imitation
null hypothesis (statistics)
category of leave (maternity leave, sick leave etc)
1.acting magistrate2.temporary official (in former times)
rigged scale (used to deceive customers by displaying incorrect weight)
falsetto (cf. 真声[zhēn shēng], natural or modal voice)
1.loan character (one of the Six Methods 六书 of forming Chinese characters)2.character acquiring meanings by phonetic association3.also called phonetic loan
the meaning of a phonetic loan character 假借字[jiǎ jiè zì] acquired from a similar-sounding word (e.g. 而[ér] originally meant "beard" but acquired the meaning "and")
1.counterfeit object2.fake
1.false report2.forgery3.fabricated declaration (e.g. income tax return)
1.to put on airs2.to adopt a false attitude