4 characters Idiom and proverb 9 180

We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「弄假成真」, with its usage explained below.

Today, we explore the idiom 「弄假成真」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

It was supposed to be fake, but it turned out to be real.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

nòng jiǎ chéng zhēn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

lung6 ga2/ga3 sing4 jan1

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