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故弄玄虛
简 故弄玄虚 · 繁 故弄玄虛Mandarin · pinyin gù nòng xuán xū
Meanings
- deliberately mystifying
- to make sth unnecessarily complicated
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4–4–2–1 · gu4 nong4 xuan2 xu1
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gu3 lung6 jyun4 heoi1
Cantonese word readings for 故弄玄虛. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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gu3 lung6 jyun4 heoi1
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- (idiomatic) deliberately mystifying; to make something unnecessarily mysterious
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