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故弄玄虚

gùnòngxuánxū

Traditional: 故弄玄虛

deliberately mystifying / to make sth unnecessarily complicated

Character Breakdown

故
gù
reason, cause; happening, instance
HSK 3
弄
nòng
to do; to mock, to tease; to play with
HSK 4
玄
xuán
deep, profound, abstruse
虚
xū
false; worthless, hollow, empty; vain
HSK 5

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