裝腔作勢 zhuāng qiāng zuò shì

DEFINITIONS

  1. posturing
  2. pretentious
  3. affected

CHARACTERS

裝 zhuāng dress, clothes; decorate; fill
腔 qiāng chest cavity; hollow in body
作 zuò make; work; compose, write; act, perform
勢 shì power, force; tendency