| 装神弄鬼 |
zhuāng shén - nòng guǐ |
lit. to pretend to be in contact with supernatural beings (idiom); fig. to create a false sense of mystery; to play tricks to deceive or scare others; to engage in hocus-pocus |
| 装 |
zhuāng |
adornment / to adorn / dress / clothing / costume (of an actor in a play) / to play a role / to pretend / to install / to fix / to wrap (sth in a bag) / to load / to pack |
| 神 |
Shén |
God |
| 神 |
shén |
god; deity / supernatural; magical; mysterious / spirit; mind; energy / lively; expressive / look; expression / (coll.) awesome; amazing |
| 弄 |
lòng |
lane / alley |
| 弄 |
nòng |
to do / to manage / to handle / to play with / to fool with / to mess with / to fix / to toy with |
| 弄 |
nòng |
old variant of 弄 |
| 弄 |
lòng |
variant of 弄 |
| 鬼 |
guǐ |
disembodied spirit; ghost; devil / (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc / sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡) / one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy |