愚弄
yú nòng
Pinyin

Definition

愚弄
 - 
yú nòng
  1. to make a fool out of
  2. to fool
  3. to dupe

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

弄
lòng
  1. 1 lane
  2. 2 alley
大智若愚
dà zhì ruò yú
  1. 1 great intelligence may appear to be stupidity (idiom)
弄丢
nòng diū
  1. 1 to lose
弄到
nòng dào
  1. 1 to get hold of
  2. 2 to obtain
  3. 3 to secure
  4. 4 to come by
弄坏
nòng huài
  1. 1 to ruin
  2. 2 to spoil
  3. 3 to break

Idioms (14)

含饴弄孙
hán yí nòng sūn
  1. 1 lit. to play with one's grandchildren while eating candy (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to enjoy a happy and leisurely old age
大勇若怯，大智若愚
dà yǒng ruò qiè , dà zhì ruò yú
  1. 1 a great hero may appear timid, the wise may appear stupid (idiom); the general public may not recognize great talent
大智如愚
dà zhì rú yú
  1. 1 the wise may appear stupid (idiom); a genius not appreciated in his own time
大智若愚
dà zhì ruò yú
  1. 1 great intelligence may appear to be stupidity (idiom)
弄假成真
nòng jiǎ chéng zhēn
  1. 1 pretense that turns into reality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true

Sample Sentences

我也听说很多网友都指责这部片子是把黄色内容伪装成艺术。但我个人挺欣赏李安导演的，他应该不会愚弄观众吧。
wǒ yě tīngshuō hěn duō wǎngyǒu dōu zhǐzé zhè bù piānzi shì bǎ huángsè nèiróng wěizhuāng chéng yìshù 。dàn wǒ gèrén tǐng xīnshǎng Lǐ Ān dǎoyǎn de ，tā yīnggāi bùhuì yúnòng guānzhòng ba 。
I also hear a lot of online buddies saying that this movie packages smut as art. But I, for one, really like Li An's movies. He probably wouldn't play his audience for fools, right?
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