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Home / Idiom / 故弄玄虚

deliberately mystifying · to make sth unnecessarily complicated

故弄玄虚
gù nòng xuán xū
g+ù·4th tonen+òng·4th tonex+üán·2nd tonex+ǖ·1st tone
Idiom
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery弄虚作假nòng xū zuò jiǎto puzzle · to confuse · to baffle迷惑mí huoenigmatic · beyond one's depth · unfathomable莫测高深mò cè gāo shēn
Antonyms
lit. to seek truth from facts (idiom) · fig. to be practical and realistic实事求是shí shì qiú shì
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