assume official airs in speech and action; put a person off by talking formalities as an excuse; speak in a bureaucratic tone; stall with official jargon; talk like a bureaucrat ❍ 你～，我们就不买你的帐。If you assume official airs in speech and action,we just won’t go for it.
打官腔da guan qiang
mouth officialese
打官腔
speaking in a bureaucratic tone;stalling with official jargon
打官腔
assume bureaucratic airs;stall with bureaucratic jargon