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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

冒充 [màochōng]
  1. 1. verb pass … off as
    这个店将商品冒充名牌出售。
    This store sells products which are passed off as brand names.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

冒充 [màochōng]
  1. 1. pretend to be (somebody or something else); pass (somebody or something) off as; impersonate
    冒充记者。
    He passed himself off as a journalist.
    用次品冒充正品
    pass off defective goods as certified goods
    冒充内行
    pretend to be an expert; pose as an expert

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

冒充 [màochōng]
  1. 1. 以假充真
    假货冒充正品。

Examples

用次品冒充正品
pass off defective goods as certified goods
你不要冒充鬼物吓唬人了,没人怕你。
Stop pretending to be a ghost, you frighten no one.
每年都有很多人在冒充注册商标行诈。
Every year, a lot of people commit crimes by counterfeiting registered brands.
冒充记者招摇撞骗,诈取了不少钱财。
He pretended to be a journalist, and swindled lots of money.
冒充
He passed himself off as an expert.
冒充一名专家。

Collocations

冒充别人
to pretend to be someone else
冒充高手
to pretend to be a superior
有人冒充
imitators

Word Decomposition


[mào]
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[chōng]

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