装神弄鬼
Traditional form:
裝神弄鬼
Pinyin (reading):
zhuāngshénnòngguǐ
Definitions:
- lit. to pretend to be in contact with supernatural beings (idiom); fig. to create a false sense of mystery; to play tricks to deceive or scare others; to engage in hocus-pocus
Characters:
- 装 - dress, clothes, attire; to wear, to install
- 神 - god, spirit; divine, mysterious, supernatural
- 弄 - to do; to mock, to tease; to play with
- 鬼 - ghost; demon; sly, mischievous
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