Offering free Chinese study resources is our priority. This series showcases idioms and proverbs, widely applicable phrases. Today’s idiom is 「故弄虛玄」, explained here.
Learn about the idiom 「故弄虛玄」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.
Still trying to be mysterious. It refers to deliberately playing tricks to confuse and deceive people.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
gù nòng xū xuán
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gu2/gu3 lung6 heui1 yun4
With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.

