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故弄玄虚
故弄玄虛
gùnòngxuánxū
1. deliberately mystifying
2. to make sth unnecessarily complicated

Character Breakdown

故
gù
reason, cause; happening, instance
HSK 3 9 丶
弄
nòng
to do; to mock, to tease; to play with
HSK 4 7 丶
玄
xuán
deep, profound, abstruse
5 丶
虚
xū
false; worthless, hollow, empty; vain
HSK 5 11 丶

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