"To practice fraud (idiom)" in Chinese — 弄虚作假 (nòng xū zuò jiǎ)

弄

虚

作

假

nòng xū zuò jiǎ

to practice fraud (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 弄虛作假1 example sentence

Definitions

1to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery

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弄

虚

作

假

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄋㄨㄥˋ

nòng

ㄋ/ nㄨ/ uㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

ㄒㄩ

xū

ㄒ/ xㄩ/ ü—/ first tone

ㄗㄨㄛˋ

zuò

ㄗ/ zㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˋ/ fourth tone

ㄐㄧㄚˇ

jiǎ

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iㄚ/ aˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

弄虚作假

Simplified

弄虛作假

Traditional

Example sentences

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做生意千万不能弄虚作假。
zuò shēng yì qiān wàn bù néng nòng xū zuò jiǎ。
In business you must never cheat or fake things.

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Related words

假

jiǎ

fake

弄

nòng

to do

作

zuò

to do

虚

xū

emptiness

工作

gōng zuò

to work

作业

zuò yè

school assignment

作用

zuò yòng

to act on

动作

dòng zuò

movement

寒假

hán jià

winter vacation

请假

qǐng jià

to request leave of absence

作者

zuò zhě

author

合作

hé zuò

to cooperate

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To practice fraud (idiom) in Chinese: 弄虚作假 (nòng xū zuò jiǎ)