整色整水 (zing2 sik1 zing2 seoi2 | ) : put on an act

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整色整水

zing2 sik1 zing2 seoi2

put on an act; strike a pose; strike an attitude; behave in an affected way; window dressing
[literal] to make or play trick with colours

shortened form: 整色水 | [華] 裝模作樣

整色整水 is an idiom on its own. It is also the second part of a 歇後語 that has 豉油撈飯 as the first part.

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 836

This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. 粵

整色整水

This word has been viewed 2053 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 27th Jul 2004 14:57 and last edited on 27th Aug 2009 05:00

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整 zing2 - neat; tidy; whole; complete
色 sik1 - colour
整 zing2 - neat; tidy; whole; complete
水 seoi2 - water; liquid; dough (money)

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