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an impostor · to impersonate

冒名
mào míng
m+ào·4th tonem+íng·2nd tone
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Synonyms
to pretend · to use a pretext · to make sth up · to pass oneself off as sb else · to make use of假托jiǎ tuōfaking a modern object as an ancient one伪托wěi tuōto make use of · to use sth as pretext · under false pretenses · under the guise of · masquerading as · lenient · tolerant · loan character (one of the Six Methods of forming Chinese characters) · character acquiring meanings by phonetic association · also called phonetic loan假借jiǎ jièto assume sb's name and take his place (idiom); to impersonate · to pose under a false name冒名顶替mào míng dǐng tìofficial authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position假公济私jiǎ gōng jì sīusing this as a pretext; thereby借此jiè cǐ
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