弄虚作假弄虛作假

nòng xū zuò jiǎ

HSK level: HSK 7–9

Meaning

to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery

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弄nòngto do; to mock, to tease; to play with玉廾虚xūfalse; worthless, hollow, empty; vain虍业作zuòto make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform亻乍假jiǎfake, false, deceitful; vacation亻叚