4 characters Idiom and proverb 9 177

We aim to support your Chinese studies with free resources. In this series, we explore idioms and proverbs, full of meaning. Today’s feature is 「弄鬼妝幺」, explained below.

We’re presenting the idiom 「弄鬼妝幺」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

Still pretending. It means to be deliberately artificial and pretentious.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

nòng guǐ zhuāng yāo

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

lung6 gwai2 jong1 yiu1

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.