故弄玄虛
Chinese
happening; instance; reason happening; instance; reason; cause; deceased; old |
to do; to manage; to handle to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with; lane; alley |
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| trad. (故弄玄虛) | 故 | 弄 | 玄虛 | |
| simp. (故弄玄虚) | 故 | 弄 | 玄虚 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: gùnòngxuánxū
- Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˋ ㄋㄨㄥˋ ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄩ
- Tongyong Pinyin: gùnòngsyuánsyu
- Wade–Giles: ku4-nung4-hsüan2-hsü1
- Yale: gù-nùng-sywán-syū
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guhnonqshyuanshiu
- Palladius: гунунсюаньсюй (gununsjuanʹsjuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ku⁵¹⁻⁵³ nʊŋ⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ ɕy⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gu3 lung6 jyun4 heoi1
- Yale: gu luhng yùhn hēui
- Cantonese Pinyin: gu3 lung6 jyn4 hoey1
- Guangdong Romanization: gu3 lung6 yun4 hêu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /kuː³³ lʊŋ²² jyːn²¹ hɵy̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
故弄玄虛
- deliberately mystifying; to make something unnecessarily mysterious
- 明明可以用簡潔語言說明的事實，卻被有些編輯寫得故弄玄虛、彎彎繞繞，使讀者理解困難。 [MSC, trad.]
- Míngmíng kěyǐ yòng jiǎnjié yǔyán shuōmíng de shìshí, què bèi yǒuxiē biānjí xiě dé gùnòngxuánxū, wānwān rào rào, shǐ dúzhě lǐjiě kùnnán. [Pinyin]
- Facts that could be expressed simply are instead written by some editors in a deliberately mystifying , convoluted way, making it hard for readers to understand.
明明可以用简洁语言说明的事实，却被有些编辑写得故弄玄虚、弯弯绕绕，使读者理解困难。 [MSC, simp.]