作弊
zuò bì
Pinyin

Definition

作弊
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zuò bì
  1. to practice fraud
  2. to cheat
  3. to engage in corrupt practices

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

作
zuō
  1. 1 worker
  2. 2 workshop
  3. 3 (slang) troublesome
  4. 4 high-maintenance (person)
作品
zuò pǐn
  1. 1 work (of art)
  2. 2 opus
  3. 3 CL:部[bù],篇[piān]
作业
zuò yè
  1. 1 school assignment
  2. 2 homework
  3. 3 work
  4. 4 task
  5. 5 operation
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè]
  7. 7 to operate
作为
zuò wéi
  1. 1 one's conduct
  2. 2 deed
  3. 3 activity
  4. 4 accomplishment
  5. 5 achievement
  6. 6 to act as
  7. 7 as (in the capacity of)
  8. 8 qua
  9. 9 to view as
  10. 10 to look upon (sth as)
  11. 11 to take sth to be
作用
zuò yòng
  1. 1 to act on
  2. 2 to affect
  3. 3 action
  4. 4 function
  5. 5 activity
  6. 6 impact
  7. 7 result
  8. 8 effect
  9. 9 purpose
  10. 10 intent
  11. 11 to play a role
  12. 12 corresponds to English -ity, -ism, -ization
  13. 13 CL:個|个[gè]
工作
gōng zuò
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 (of a machine) to operate
  3. 3 job
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 task
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè],份[fèn],項|项[xiàng]
作出
zuò chū
  1. 1 to put out
  2. 2 to come up with
  3. 3 to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc)
  4. 4 to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc)
  5. 5 to draw (conclusion)
  6. 6 to deliver (speech, judgment)
  7. 7 to devise (explanation)
  8. 8 to extract
作孽
zuò niè
  1. 1 to sin
作家
zuò jiā
  1. 1 author
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
作弊
zuò bì
  1. 1 to practice fraud
  2. 2 to cheat
  3. 3 to engage in corrupt practices
作怪
zuò guài
  1. 1 (of a ghost) to make strange things happen
  2. 2 to act up
  3. 3 to act behind the scenes
  4. 4 to make mischief
  5. 5 odd
  6. 6 to misbehave (euphemism for having sex)
作息
zuò xī
  1. 1 to work and rest
作战
zuò zhàn
  1. 1 combat
  2. 2 to fight
作文
zuò wén
  1. 1 to write an essay
  2. 2 composition (student essay)
  3. 3 CL:篇[piān]
作曲
zuò qǔ
  1. 1 to compose (music)
作案
zuò àn
  1. 1 to commit a crime
作痛
zuò tòng
  1. 1 to ache
作祟
zuò suì
  1. 1 haunted
  2. 2 to haunt
  3. 3 to cause mischief
作秀
zuò xiù
  1. 1 to show off (loanword, from English "show")
  2. 2 to grandstand
  3. 3 to perform in a stage show
作者
zuò zhě
  1. 1 author
  2. 2 writer
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]

Idioms (20)

以身作则
yǐ shēn zuò zé
  1. 1 to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model
作威作福
zuò wēi zuò fú
  1. 1 tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
作茧自缚
zuò jiǎn zì fù
  1. 1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. 2 hoist by his own petard
作鸟兽散
zuò niǎo shòu sàn
  1. 1 lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to head off in various directions
  3. 3 to flee helter-skelter
俾夜作昼
bǐ yè zuò zhòu
  1. 1 lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
  2. 2 work especially hard
俾昼作夜
bǐ zhòu zuò yè
  1. 1 to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour
切中时弊
qiè zhòng shí bì
  1. 1 to hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target
  2. 2 to hit the nub of the matter
呼牛作马
hū niú zuò mǎ
  1. 1 to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
  2. 2 Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
回嗔作喜
huí chēn zuò xǐ
  1. 1 to go from anger to happiness (idiom)
天作之合
tiān zuò zhī hé
  1. 1 a match made in heaven (idiom)
天公不作美
tiān gōng bù zuò měi
  1. 1 Heaven is not cooperating (idiom)
  2. 2 the weather is not favorable for the planned activity
天公作美
tiān gōng zuò měi
  1. 1 Heaven is cooperating (idiom)
  2. 2 the weather is favorable for the planned activity (a variation of 天公不作美|天公不作美[tiān gōng bù zuò měi])
始作俑者
shǐ zuò yǒng zhě
  1. 1 lit. the first person to bury funerary dolls (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the originator of an evil practice
寻欢作乐
xún huān zuò lè
  1. 1 pleasure seeking (idiom); life of dissipation
小作怡情，大作伤身
xiǎo zuò yí qíng , dà zuò shāng shēn
  1. 1 a little bit of it does one good, but carried to excess it's harmful (idiom)
已作出保
yǐ zuò chū bǎo
  1. 1 to do sth under oath (idiom)
弄虚作假
nòng xū zuò jiǎ
  1. 1 to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery
徇私舞弊
xùn sī wǔ bì
  1. 1 to abuse one's position for personal gain (idiom)
拉大旗作虎皮
lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí
  1. 1 lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to borrow sb's prestige
  3. 3 to take the name of a great cause as a shield
指鹿作马
zhǐ lù zuò mǎ
  1. 1 to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom); deliberate inversion of the truth

Sample Sentences

然后呢，这个是四个字的，有点作弊，因为这里有四个圈圈，写在这个（圈圈里）就可以了。
ránhòu ne ，zhè ge shì sì gè zì de ，yǒudiǎnr zuòbì ，yīnwèi zhèlǐ yǒu sì gè quānquān ，xiě zài zhègè （quānquān lǐ ）jiù kěyǐ le 。
Then, this is for writing four characters. You're cheating a little, because there are already four circles drawn out. You just have to write in the circles.
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这不是理由，是事实！如果我真的有作弊，为什么我的答案都跟他的不一样？
zhè búshì lǐyóu ，shì shìshí ！rúguǒ wǒ zhēn de yǒu zuòbì ，wèishénme wǒ de dá àn dōu gēn tā de bù yíyàng ？
B: It's not an excuse, it's the truth! If I'd really cheated, then why are all my answers different from his?
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两个学生中有一个人作弊了。
liǎng gè xuésheng zhōng yǒu yī gè rén zuòbì le 。
One of these two students cheated.
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以前觉得作弊都够大胆的了，比起这个，还真是小巫见大巫了。话说，”枪手“都是些什么人啊？
yǐqián juéde zuòbì dōu gòu dàdǎn de le ，bǐqǐ zhège ，hái zhēn shì xiǎowū jiàn dàwū le 。huà shuō ，”qiāngshǒu “dōu shì xiē shénme rén ā ？
I used to feel that those who cheat are daring enough, but in comparison with this they really pale into insignificance. Speaking of which, what kind of people are these "surrogate exam-takers"?
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有一个学生，他因为作弊，被学校开除了。
yǒu yī gè xuésheng ，tā yīnwèi zuòbì ，bèi xuéxiào kāichú le 。
There's a student who was expelled from school because he was cheating.
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自考生也挺不容易的，以前我听说自考都是抄袭作弊的，现在自考的门槛越来越高了，但人们心理上一般还是不认可自考文凭。
zìkǎoshēng yě tǐng bù róngyì de ，yǐqián wǒ tīngshuō zìkǎo dōu shì chāoxí zuòbì de ，xiànzài zìkǎo de ménkǎn yuèláiyuè gāo le ，dàn rénmen xīnlǐ shang yībān háishì bù rènkě zìkǎo wénpíng 。
Being a self-taught student isn't easy, either. In the past I heard that the self-taught exam was all copying and cheating. Now, the threshold for the self-taught exam is getting higher and higher, but in peoples' minds it's generally still not an acceptable degree.
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你知道吗？刘斌这下有点麻烦了，他上学期考试作弊被记了次大过。通报批评不说，还被记录在档案里，可能会拿不到毕业证书。
nǐ zhīdào ma ？Liú Bīn zhèxià yǒudiǎn máfan le ，tā shàng xuéqī kǎoshì zuòbì bèi jì le cì dàguò 。tōngbào pīpíng bùshuō ，hái bèi jìlù zài dàng\'àn lǐ ，kěnéng huì nábudào bìyè zhèngshū 。
Did you know, Liu Bin is having a bit of trouble with this. He cheated on his exam last semester and a serious offense was recorded on his record. Not only was he publicly criticized, but it will stay on his record and he might not be able to get his diploma.
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