弄虚作假 (nòng xū zuò jiǎ)

Character breakdown

• 弄 (lòng) · 7 strokes

  Depicts a pair of hands (廾) playing with a jade object (玉).

• 虚 (xū) · 11 strokes

  Simplified form of 虛. Phonosemantic compound. 虍 represents the sound and 丘 represents the meaning.

• 作 (zuō) · 7 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 乍 represents the sound.

• 假 (gēi) · 11 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 叚 represents the sound.

Usage

考试不能弄虚作假。

to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery

kǎo shì bù néng nòng xū zuò jiǎ 。