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Chinese education begins with characters, continues with phrases, and grows into idioms. This free lesson covers the idiom 「楚楚作態」. Learn its usage below.

Introducing the idiom 「楚楚作態」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.

It means being pretentious.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

chǔ chǔ zuò tài

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

cho2 cho2 jok3 taai3

There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.