弄虚作假 — Chinese idiom

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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