粵

讕laan4醒sing2

simp谰醒also written讕惺
laan4 sing2laan2 sing2lán xǐng

English

  1. act smart (spoken)
  2. to show off the intelligence that one actually doesn't have or to act like an expert with know-how; literally: to pretend to be smart

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 唔自量咁去表現自己欠缺嘅智慧

Examples

  • 懶醒帶路又帶錯路。

    You want to lead the way but you led us to the wrong place again.

  • 唔識就扮識,咪響度懶醒啦。

    You pretend to know everything but actually you are not, please stop showing off the intelligence that you don't have.

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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