装神弄鬼 — Chinese idiom
装神弄鬼
zhuāng shén nòng guǐ
Traditional: 裝神弄鬼
Meaning
- (lit.) to pretend to be in contact with supernatural beings ; (fig.) to create a false sense of mystery; to play tricks to deceive or scare others; to engage in hocus-pocus
Character by character
- 装zhuāngdress, clothes, attire; to wear, to install
- 神shéngod, spirit; divine, mysterious, supernatural
- 弄nòngto do; to mock, to tease; to play with
- 鬼guǐghost; demon; sly, mischievous
Idioms sharing a character
- 乔装打扮 qiáo zhuāng dǎ bàn
- 女扮男装 nǚ bàn nán zhuāng
- 男扮女装 nán bàn nǚ zhuāng
- 装傻充愣 zhuāng shǎ chōng lèng
- 装模作样 zhuāng mó zuò yàng
- 装疯卖傻 zhuāng fēng mài shǎ
- 装穷叫苦 zhuāng qióng jiào kǔ
- 装点门面 zhuāng diǎn mén miàn
- 凶神恶煞 xiōng shén è shà
- 全神贯注 quán shén guàn zhù
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