打马虎眼 in English da3 ma3 hu5 yan3 Meaning

Meanings

  • to play dumb
  • to slack off (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

打 马 虎 眼

Traditional Characters

打 馬 虎 眼

Pinyin

da3 ma3 hu5 yan3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

打da3dozen (loanword) 马ma3surname Ma 虎hu3tiger 眼yan3eye