deceive; fool; make do
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Meanings
2 senses · 6 examplesverb
to deceive; to fool; to hoodwink; to trick
informalColloquial and dialectal. Implies intentionally misleading someone into believing something false.
Shuō说
lǎo老
shí实
huà话
，
bié别
hù糊
nong弄
rén人
。
Tell the truth, don't deceive people.
Nǐ你
bié别
xiǎng想
hù糊
nong弄
wǒ我
，
wǒ我
zhī知
dào道
zhēn真
xiàng相
。
Don't try to fool me, I know the truth.
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Zhè这
jiā家
cān餐
tīng厅
yòng用
pián便
yi宜
de的
cái材
liào料
hù糊
nong弄
gù顾
kè客
。
This restaurant tricks customers by using cheap ingredients.
verb
to make do; to settle for; to manage with; to cope
informalIndicates accepting something substandard or less than ideal due to circumstances, often with a sense of tolerating imperfection.
Yī衣
fu服
jiù旧
le了
xiē些
，
hù糊
nong弄
zhe着
chuān穿
ba吧
。
The clothes are a bit old, just make do with wearing them.
Méi没
hǎo好
dōng东
xi西
chī吃
，
zhǐ只
néng能
hù糊
nong弄
yī一
dùn顿
。
There's no good food to eat, so we can only make do with a meal.
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Zhè这
fèn份
gōng工
zuò作
suī虽
rán然
bù不
lǐ理
xiǎng想
，
dàn但
yě也
zhǐ只
néng能
xiān先
hù糊
nong弄
zhe着
。
Although this job isn't ideal, we can only make do with it for now.