ménghǒng

蒙哄

Word · Verb

deceive; fool; hoodwink

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

verb

to deceive; to fool; to hoodwink; to mislead by lies

Often used with a person as the object (蒙哄人). Can be used in the structure '拿/用……蒙哄人'.

Nǐ你
bié别
ná拿
jiǎ假
huà话
méng蒙
hǒng哄
rén人
 。

Don't use lies to deceive people.

Tā他
yòng用
tián甜
yán言
mì蜜
yǔ语
méng蒙
hǒng哄
nà那
xiē些
bù不
míng明
zhēn真
xiàng相
de的
qún群
zhòng众
 。

He used sweet words to deceive those masses who didn't know the truth.

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Xiǎo小
hái孩
zi子
bù不
dǒng懂
shì事
 ,
róng容
yì易
bèi被
guǎng广
gào告
méng蒙
hǒng哄
 。

Children don't understand the world and are easily deceived by advertisements.