4 characters Idiom and proverb 19 233

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Let’s learn about the idiom 「造作矯揉」! Its detailed explanation and usage are presented below.

It means being pretentious.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zào zuò jiǎo róu

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

jou6 jok3 giu2 yau4

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