故弄玄虚 in English gu4 nong4 xuan2 xu1 Meaning

Meanings

• deliberately mystifying
• to make sth unnecessarily complicated

Pinyin

gu4 nong4 xuan2 xu1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

故gu4happening 弄nong4lane 玄xuan2black 虚xu1emptiness