弄 nòng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 廾 — two hands
- Made of
- 玉 jade, gem, precious stone 廾 two hands
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
弄虚作假
nòngxūzuòjiǎ
to falsify; to cheat; to resort to deception
Characters in this word
虚 xū
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 虍 — tiger
- Made of
- 虍 tiger 业 business, profession
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
作 zuò
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 乍 first time, for the first time, suddenly
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
假 jià
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 叚 false
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 考试时弄虚作假，最后吃亏的还是自己。 Kǎoshì shí nòngxūzuòjiǎ, zuìhòu chīkuī de háishi zìjǐ. If you cheat in exams, in the end you are the one who loses out.
- 这家商店总是弄虚作假，顾客越来越少。 Zhè jiā shāngdiàn zǒngshì nòngxūzuòjiǎ, gùkè yuè lái yuè shǎo. This shop always cheats, and it has fewer and fewer customers.
- 老师教育我们做人要诚实，不能弄虚作假。 Lǎoshī jiàoyù wǒmen zuòrén yào chéngshí, bù néng nòngxūzuòjiǎ. The teacher taught us to be honest and never to cheat or fake things.
Related words
- 弄 nòng to do; to make
- 嘲弄 cháonòng to mock; to ridicule
- 玩弄 wánnòng to play with; to manipulate; to toy with
- 虚心 xūxīn modest
- 谦虚 qiānxū modest; to be modest
- 空虚 kōngxū empty; hollow; void
- 虚 xū empty; hollow; vague
- 虚构 xūgòu to fabricate; to fictionalise
- 虚幻 xūhuàn unreal; illusory
- 虚假 xūjiǎ false; fake
- 虚拟 xūnǐ virtual; to simulate
- 虚荣 xūróng vanity; vain