假戲真做

Chinese

		vacation; fake; false vacation; fake; false; artificial; to borrow; if; suppose	trick; drama; play trick; drama; play; show	real; true; genuine	to do; to make; to produce
trad. (假戲真做/假戲眞做)		假	戲	真/眞	做
simp. (假戏真做)		假	戏	真	做
Literally: “what started as pretend became real”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǎxìzhēnzuò

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄒㄧˋ ㄓㄣㄗㄨㄛˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaa³ hei³ zan¹ zou⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎxìzhēnzuò
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄒㄧˋ ㄓㄣㄗㄨㄛˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎsìjhenzuò
  - Wade–Giles: chia³-hsi⁴-chên¹-tso⁴
  - Yale: jyǎ-syì-jēn-dzwò
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeashihjentzuoh
  - Palladius: цзясичжэньцзо (czjasičžɛnʹczo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaa³ hei³ zan¹ zou⁶
  - Yale: ga hei jān jouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaa³ hei³ dzan¹ dzou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ga³ héi³ zen¹ zou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaː³³ hei̯³³ t͡sɐn⁵⁵ t͡sou̯²²/

Idiom

假戲真做

to turn a make-believe into reality