招摇撞骗

Traditional form:

招搖撞騙

Pinyin (reading):

zhāoyáozhuàngpiàn

Definitions:

• (idiom) to dupe people by passing oneself off as a well-connected individual or a figure of authority

Characters:

• 招 - to summon; to recruit; to levy
• 摇 - to rock, to shake; to swing, to wave
• 撞 - to bump into, to collide, to hit, to knock against
• 骗 - to cheat, to defraud, to swindle

Traditional characters:

• 招 - to summon; to recruit; to levy
• 搖 - to rock, to shake; to swing, to wave
• 撞 - to bump into, to collide, to hit, to knock against
• 騙 - to cheat, to defraud, to swindle