"Pretense" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 虚假 | xū jiǎ | false / phony / pretense |   |
| 伪装 | wěi zhuāng | to pretend to be (asleep etc) / to disguise oneself as / pretense / disguise / (military) to camouflage / camouflage | |
| 幌子 | huǎng zi | shop sign / signboard / (fig.) pretense | |
| 撕破脸 | sī pò liǎn | to have an acrimonious falling-out / to shed all pretense of cordiality / to tear into each other | |
| 虚与委蛇 | xū yǔ wēi shé | pretense at complying (idiom) / sham gestures of politeness | |
| 弄假成真 | nòng jiǎ chéng zhēn | pretense that turns into reality (idiom) / to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true | |
| 欺以其方 | qī yǐ qí fāng | deceived by a pretense of reason (idiom) | |
| 矫诏 | jiǎo zhào | the pretense of acting on imperial order | |
