Qiao Mo Qiao Mian means pretending to be pretentious.

Idiom notes:

Qiao: Pretend. ?

Origin of the idiom:

Volume 38 of Feng Menglong's "Warning to the World" of the Ming Dynasty: comb your sideburns, wear a kowtow shirt; make a show of yourself, They look alike.

Idiom usage:

As object and adverbial; pretending to be the same.

Example:

"He is very clever by nature. He is no more than twelve or thirteen years old, and he can draw eyebrows, apply powder and ink, taste bamboo and thread, work as a needleworker, and know how to read and write. , combing her hair into a bun, wearing a button-down shirt, looking very cool." ——"Jin Ping Mei Ci Hua".

Sentences:

1. Wear decent clothes, change your face, and pretend to be a rich man - you will not recognize your ancestors!

2. Student Tongxia was concentrating on painting a simple drawing of string beans with a dark purple-gray watercolor pen. Teacher Yuchen, whose hair style resembled that of the film and television actress Huang Meiying, suddenly came over and called out. She used the idiom "Qiao Mo Qiao Mi" to make a sentence, and she was so frightened that she broke into a cold sweat.

3. Wear decent clothes, change your face, and pretend to be a rich man - you will not recognize your ancestors! See "Emperor Qianlong" III of Yueyuehe.

4. However, this daughter has a strange temperament. She paints her eyebrows, applies makeup on her eyes, combs her sideburns vertically, wears a kowtow shirt, and shows off her appearance.

5. On the way to Yang Amiao’s former residence, Teacher Xia told Duosong and He Xi the idiom “Qiao Miao Qiao Miao”.