故弄玄虚

Traditional form:

故弄玄虛

Pinyin (reading):

gùnòngxuánxū

Definitions:

• deliberately mystifying
• to make sth unnecessarily complicated

Characters:

• 故 - reason, cause; happening, instance
• 弄 - to do; to mock, to tease; to play with
• 玄 - deep, profound, abstruse
• 虚 - false; worthless, hollow, empty; vain

Traditional characters:

• 故 - reason, cause; happening, instance
• 弄 - to do; to mock, to tease; to play with
• 玄 - deep, profound, abstruse
• 虛 - false; worthless, hollow, empty; vain