| Change log entry 43652 | |
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| Processed by: | richwarm (2012-09-14 11:02:06 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 42476 >> - Added "disingenuous" as an English definition for 伪善; there are currently no hits for the word "disingenuous" in MDBG. 诠释：「伪善」（偽善）之相反词为「真诚」（真誠） Editor: Just a couple more thoughts on this one ~ You could say that "hypocritical" means "pretending to have higher moral standards than one actually has" (Chinese: 偽善, literally "fake virtue"), whereas "disingenuous" is about saying something, knowing that it's incorrect, but pretending that one believes it's true. As I said, I really doubt that 偽善 means "disingenuous". If it can mean that, you should give more evidence than you provided. I think 言不由衷 or 无诚意 can approximate "disingenuous", but I'm not sure that even they quite match the meaning of the word. |
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# - 偽善 伪善 [wei3 shan4] /hypocritical/ # + 偽善 伪善 [wei3 shan4] /hypocritical/disingenuous/ |