Re: 'hypocrite' translation
how about 虚偽的人?假道學 比較少聽到...https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E4%BC%AA%E5%90%9B%E5%AD%90/82385
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Good point Dim Sum Saying, I think that's a good match.Tang, if someone says hypocrite to me in English, someone can be a good person but still 'act like a hypocrite'. In English I don't think the...
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QuoteMatFayLong Good point Dim Sum Saying, I think that's a good match.Tang, if someone says hypocrite to me in English, someone can be a good person but still 'act like a hypocrite'. In English I...
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> 假道學 比較少聽到...Really? I think it is rather a common phrase, at least in writings.
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Come to think of it, my description of 偽君子 is exactly like "a wolf in sheep's clothing" [en.wikipedia.org]A Wolf in sheep's clothing is an idiom of Biblical origin used to describe those playing a...
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FWIW 佢好虚偽 sounds the most natural to my untrained ear for describing a hypocrite.
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In English, a hypocrite isn't necessarily a bad person - a good person can be one; like a mother telling her daughter not to smoke when she herself smokes. It is a fairly light criticism, not really...
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HiI am wondering if I can put the words 有道 after any verb to describe someone who is very good at something? I read the following sentence which gave me the idea:他投資房地產有道Here are some examples I have...
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