- lit. to pretend to be in contact with supernatural beings (idiom)
- fig. to engage in hocus-pocus
Characters
- 装 (裝): 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 (神): God
- 弄 (弄): lane; alley
- 鬼 (鬼): disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 詭|诡[gui3]); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy
Resources
- Wiktionary: 装神弄鬼
- MDBG: 装神弄鬼
- Examples with 装神弄鬼 on Tatoeba
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