故弄玄虚
gù​nòng​xuán​xū

deliberately mystifying

  • created reference approved 故弄玄虚/故弄玄虛 → 卖弄玄虚/賣弄玄虛 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    故弄玄虚 / 故弄玄虛 gù​nòng​xuán​xū

    卖弄玄虚 / 賣弄玄虛 mài​nong​xuán​xū

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 故弄玄虚/故弄玄虛 · gù​nòng​xuán​xū · deliberately mystifying — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    故弄玄虚 / 故弄玄虛

    gù​nòng​xuán​xū

    deliberately mystifying

    to be deliberately mystifying; to make something look unnecessarily complicated or fantastical in order to confuse people; to play tricks to mislead others

    故 (literal) → 故 · gù · deliberately 弄 (literal) → 弄 · nòng · to play with 玄虚 (literal) → 玄虚/玄虛 · xuán​xū · mysterious

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense