故弄虚玄 — “Deliberately play deceptive tricks”
故弄虚玄 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to deliberately create a mystery or make things complicated to confuse, mislead, or deceive people; to be deliberately evasive or obscure”. Literally, “deliberately play deceptive tricks”.
故弄虚玄 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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- gù故zuò作xuán玄xū虚deliberately act mysterious
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What does 故弄虚玄 mean?
故弄虚玄 (gù nòng xū xuán) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to deliberately create a mystery or make things complicated to confuse, mislead, or deceive people; to be deliberately evasive or obscure”.
How do you pronounce 故弄虚玄?
故弄虚玄 is pronounced gù nòng xū xuán in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 故弄虚玄 literally mean?
Literally, 故弄虚玄 means “deliberately play deceptive tricks”. It is used to mean “to deliberately create a mystery or make things complicated to confuse, mislead, or deceive people; to be deliberately evasive or obscure”.
What is the Chinese definition of 故弄虚玄?
犹故弄玄虚。指故意玩弄花招，迷惑人，欺骗人。