弄假成真 — Chinese idiom
弄假成真
nòng jiǎ chéng zhēn
Meaning
- pretense that turns into reality ; to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true
Character by character
- 弄nòngto do; to mock, to tease; to play with
- 假jiǎfake, false, deceitful; vacation
- 成chéngto accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish;
- 真zhēnreal, actual, true, genuine
Idioms sharing a character
- 含饴弄孙 hán yí nòng sūn
- 弄嘴弄舌 nòng zuǐ nòng shé
- 弄虚作假 nòng xū zuò jiǎ
- 搔首弄姿 sāo shǒu nòng zī
- 搬弄是非 bān nòng shì fēi
- 班门弄斧 Bān mén nòng fǔ
- 舞文弄墨 wǔ wén nòng mò
- 装神弄鬼 zhuāng shén nòng guǐ
- 不假思索 bù jiǎ sī suǒ
- 以假乱真 yǐ jiǎ luàn zhēn
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