swindle; cheat; bluff
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesverb
to swindle; to cheat; to bluff; to seek opportunities everywhere to defraud
Commonly used in the idiom 招摇撞骗. Often implies a roving, opportunistic approach to fraud.
Tā他
zhuān专
mén门
zài在
chē车
zhàn站
zhuàng撞
piàn骗
wài外
dì地
yóu游
kè客
。
He specializes in swindling out-of-town tourists at the train station.
Zhè这
ge个
jiāng江
hú湖
piàn骗
zi子
sì四
chù处
zhuàng撞
piàn骗
，
zhōng终
yú于
bèi被
jǐng警
chá察
zhuā抓
zhù住
le了
。
This wandering swindler cheated everywhere and was finally caught by the police.
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zhāo招
yáo摇
zhuàng撞
piàn骗
to swindle and bluff; to operate deceitfully under false pretenses
Bié别
xiāng相
xìn信
nà那
xiē些
zhuàng撞
piàn骗
de的
jiāng江
hú湖
láng郎
zhōng中
。
Don't believe those quack doctors who swindle people.