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to pretend

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

yang2 yáng

Meaning


Primary

to pretend

Alternatives

pretend, pretends, pretending, feign

Mnemonic


[y-] Yoshi is [2] inside the [-ang] chapel where he 佯 pretending to be a 羊 sheep so that everybody leaves him alone. Particularly 亻 Slenderman who is pacing around the inside of the chapel looking for Yoshi, but doesn't notice that he is currently 佯 pretending to be a 羊 sheep, with some fake fur and all.

Same Pronunciation