假装哭泣 meaning in English

shed crocodile tears

This was one of his parts in the popular comedy he was performing , - a make - up he had adopted and which suited him about as well as the masks worn on the classic stage by paternal actors , who seen from one side , were the image of geniality , and from the other showed lips drawn down in chronic ill - temper
这是他在这幕喜剧里所扮演的角色之一这个角色对他很合适，正如在古代的戏剧中，有些父亲的假面具，右嘴唇是向上翘的，带笑的，而左嘴唇是向下垂的，假装哭泣的。