装神弄鬼 (裝神弄鬼)
zhuāng shén nòng guǐ
Pinyin

Definition

装神弄鬼 (裝神弄鬼)
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zhuāng shén nòng guǐ
  1. lit. dress up as God, play the devil (idiom); fig. to mystify
  2. to deceive people
  3. to scam

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

弄
lòng
  1. 1 lane
  2. 2 alley
眼神
yǎn shén
  1. 1 expression or emotion showing in one's eyes
  2. 2 meaningful glance
  3. 3 wink
  4. 4 eyesight (dialect)
神
Shén
  1. 1 God
  2. 2 abbr. for 神舟[Shén zhōu]
神功
shén gōng
  1. 1 amazing powers
  2. 2 miraculous skill
神奇
shén qí
  1. 1 magical
  2. 2 mystical
  3. 3 miraculous

Idioms (20)

不怕神一样的对手，就怕猪一样的队友
bù pà shén yī yàng de duì shǒu , jiù pà zhū yī yàng de duì yǒu
  1. 1 a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent (idiom)
五鬼闹判
wǔ guǐ nào pàn
  1. 1 Five ghosts mock the judge, or Five ghosts resist judgment (title of folk opera, idiom); important personage mobbed by a crowd of ne'er-do-wells
凶神恶煞
xiōng shén è shà
  1. 1 fiends (idiom); devils and monsters
全神贯注
quán shén guàn zhù
  1. 1 to concentrate one's attention completely (idiom)
  2. 2 with rapt attention
八仙过海，各显神通
Bā xiān guò hǎi , gè xiǎn shén tōng
  1. 1 lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities

Sample Sentences

啊！中元普渡，难怪最近电视广告上这么多装神弄鬼的广告。
ā ！zhōngyuán pǔdù ，nánguài zuìjìn diànshì guǎnggào shàng zhème duō zhuāngshénnòngguǐ de guǎnggào 。
Ah! Ghost Festival, no wonder recently advertisements on TV have featured so many people dressed up as ghosts and ghouls.
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啊？你也信这个啊？你好歹也算新世纪的大学生了，怎么还相信这些装神弄鬼的东西。
ǎ ？nǐ yě xìn zhège a ？nǐ hǎodǎi yě suàn xīnshìjì de dàxuéshēng le ，zěnme hái xiāngxìn zhèxiē zhuāngshénnòngguǐ de dōngxi 。
Oh really? You also believe in that stuff? How can a college student in modern times also believe in hocus-pocus like that?
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