(lit.) to pretend to be in contact with supernatural beings (idiom); (fig.) to create a false sense of mystery; to play tricks to deceive or scare others; to engage in hocus-pocus
trad. 裝神弄鬼
Also written 裝神弄鬼【zhuāng shén nòng guǐ】
Characters in this word
4装
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adornment, to adorn, dress, clothing, costume (of an actor in a play), to play a role, to pretend, to install, to fix, to wrap (sth in a bag), to load, to pack
- Pinyin
- zhuāng
- Traditional
- 裝
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 1681 of 2500
神
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God
- Pinyin
- Shén
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 1022 of 2500
弄
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lane, alley
- Pinyin
- lòng
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 466 of 2500
鬼
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disembodied spirit; ghost; devil, (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc, sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 詭|诡[gui3]), one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy
- Pinyin
- guǐ
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 790 of 2500