gù nòng xuán xū

Traditional: 故弄玄虛

故弄玄虚 (gù nòng xuán xū) is a Chinese word meaning “deliberately mystifying; to make sth unnecessarily complicated”.

Meanings

  1. 1deliberately mystifying
  2. 2to make sth unnecessarily complicated

Characters in 故弄玄虚

故gù · happening弄lòng · lane玄xuán · black虚xū · emptiness

Related words

弄lane弄to do弄old variant of 弄[nong4]弄variant of 弄[long4]故事old practice故事narrative; story; tale故意deliberately; on purpose事故accident故障malfunction虚构to make up玩弄to play with虚弱weak

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