故弄玄虛 [－－－虚]

Jyutping gu3 lung6 jyun4 heoi1
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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. deliberately mystifying
  2. to make sth unnecessarily complicated
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    刻意​做到​望落​好​複​雜​咁​款​，​唔​想​其他人​了解​或者​睇​穿
    to deliberately mystify
    • 江湖術士故弄玄虛，只不過係唔想比人知佢無料到。
      江湖术士故弄玄虚，只不过系唔想比人知佢无料到。
      gong1 wu4 seot6 si6 gu3 lung6 jyun4 heoi1, zi2 bat1 gwo3 hai6 m4 soeng2 bei2 jan4 zi1 keoi5 mou5 liu2 dou3.
      X
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    deliberately mystifying; to make something unnecessarily mysterious
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    江湖术士故弄玄虚，只不过系唔想比人知佢无料到。
    江湖術士故弄玄虛，只不過係唔想比人知佢無料到。
    gong1 wu4 seot6 si6 gu3 lung6 jyun4 heoi1, zi2 bat1 gwo3 hai6 m4 soeng2 bei2 jan4 zi1 keoi5 mou5 liu2 dou3.
    • X
  2. Cantonese
    故弄玄虚
    故弄玄虛
    gu3 lung6 jyun4 heoi1
    • to deliberately mystify