(idiom) to dupe people by passing oneself off as a well-connected individual or a figure of authority
trad. 招搖撞騙
Also written 招搖撞騙【zhāo yáo zhuàng piàn】
Characters in this word
4招
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to recruit, to provoke, to beckon, to incur, to infect, contagious, a move (chess), a maneuver, device, trick, to confess
- Pinyin
- zhāo
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 6697 of 2500
摇
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surname Yao
- Pinyin
- Yáo
- Traditional
- 搖
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 8314 of 2500
撞
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to knock against, to bump into, to run into, to meet by accident
- Pinyin
- zhuàng
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 1525 of 2500
骗
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to cheat, to swindle, to deceive, to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over
- Pinyin
- piàn
- Traditional
- 騙
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 1077 of 2500