弄虚作假 — Chinese idiom
弄虚作假
nòng xū zuò jiǎ
Traditional: 弄虛作假
Meaning
- to practice fraud ; by trickery
Character by character
- 弄nòngto do; to mock, to tease; to play with
- 虚xūfalse; worthless, hollow, empty; vain
- 作zuòto make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
- 假jiǎfake, false, deceitful; vacation
Idioms sharing a character
- 含饴弄孙 hán yí nòng sūn
- 弄假成真 nòng jiǎ chéng zhēn
- 弄嘴弄舌 nòng zuǐ nòng shé
- 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
- 不虚此行 bù xū cǐ xíng
- 乘虚而入 chéng xū ér rù
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