愚弄
yú nòng
Pinyin

Definition

愚弄
 - 
yú nòng
  1. to make a fool out of
  2. to fool
  3. to dupe

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

弄
lòng
  1. 1 lane
  2. 2 alley
大智若愚
dà zhì ruò yú
  1. 1 great intelligence may appear to be stupidity (idiom)
弄丢
nòng diū
  1. 1 to lose
弄到
nòng dào
  1. 1 to get hold of
  2. 2 to obtain
  3. 3 to secure
  4. 4 to come by
弄坏
nòng huài
  1. 1 to ruin
  2. 2 to spoil
  3. 3 to break
弄死
nòng sǐ
  1. 1 to kill
  2. 2 to put to death
弄醒
nòng xǐng
  1. 1 to wake sb up
弄错
nòng cuò
  1. 1 to err
  2. 2 to get sth wrong
  3. 3 to miscalculate
  4. 4 to misunderstand
弄脏
nòng zāng
  1. 1 to make dirty
  2. 2 to defile
  3. 3 to smear
愚人节
Yú rén jié
  1. 1 April Fools' Day
愚弄
yú nòng
  1. 1 to make a fool out of
  2. 2 to fool
  3. 3 to dupe
愚昧
yú mèi
  1. 1 ignorant
  2. 2 uneducated
  3. 3 ignorance
愚笨
yú bèn
  1. 1 stupid
  2. 2 clumsy
愚蠢
yú chǔn
  1. 1 silly
  2. 2 stupid
捉弄
zhuō nòng
  1. 1 to tease
搬弄
bān nòng
  1. 1 to fiddle with
  2. 2 to play and move sth about
  3. 3 to show off (what one can do)
  4. 4 to parade (one's capabilities)
  5. 5 to cause trouble
拨弄
bō nòng
  1. 1 to move to and fro (with hand, foot, stick etc)
  2. 2 to fiddle with
  3. 3 to stir up
摆弄
bǎi nòng
  1. 1 to move back and forth
  2. 2 to fiddle with
玩弄
wán nòng
  1. 1 to play with
  2. 2 to toy with
  3. 3 to dally with
  4. 4 to engage in
  5. 5 to resort to
糊弄
hù nong
  1. 1 to fool
  2. 2 to deceive
  3. 3 to go through the motions

Idioms (14)

含饴弄孙
hán yí nòng sūn
  1. 1 lit. to play with one's grandchildren while eating candy (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to enjoy a happy and leisurely old age
大勇若怯，大智若愚
dà yǒng ruò qiè , dà zhì ruò yú
  1. 1 a great hero may appear timid, the wise may appear stupid (idiom); the general public may not recognize great talent
大智如愚
dà zhì rú yú
  1. 1 the wise may appear stupid (idiom); a genius not appreciated in his own time
大智若愚
dà zhì ruò yú
  1. 1 great intelligence may appear to be stupidity (idiom)
弄假成真
nòng jiǎ chéng zhēn
  1. 1 pretense that turns into reality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true
弄嘴弄舌
nòng zuǐ nòng shé
  1. 1 to cause a dispute through boastful gossip (idiom)
弄懂弄通
nòng dǒng nòng tōng
  1. 1 to get a thorough understanding of sth (idiom)
弄虚作假
nòng xū zuò jiǎ
  1. 1 to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery
愚公移山
yú gōng yí shān
  1. 1 the old man moves mountains (idiom); fig. where there's a will, there's a way
愚昧无知
yú mèi wú zhī
  1. 1 stupid and ignorant (idiom)
搔首弄姿
sāo shǒu nòng zī
  1. 1 to stroke one's hair coquettishly (idiom)
搬弄是非
bān nòng shì fēi
  1. 1 to incite a quarrel (idiom); to sow discord between people
  2. 2 to tell tales
  3. 3 to make mischief
班门弄斧
Bān mén nòng fǔ
  1. 1 to display one's slight skill before an expert (idiom)
装神弄鬼
zhuāng shén nòng guǐ
  1. 1 lit. dress up as God, play the devil (idiom); fig. to mystify
  2. 2 to deceive people
  3. 3 to scam

Sample Sentences

我也听说很多网友都指责这部片子是把黄色内容伪装成艺术。但我个人挺欣赏李安导演的，他应该不会愚弄观众吧。
wǒ yě tīngshuō hěn duō wǎngyǒu dōu zhǐzé zhè bù piānzi shì bǎ huángsè nèiróng wěizhuāng chéng yìshù 。dàn wǒ gèrén tǐng xīnshǎng Lǐ Ān dǎoyǎn de ，tā yīnggāi bùhuì yúnòng guānzhòng ba 。
I also hear a lot of online buddies saying that this movie packages smut as art. But I, for one, really like Li An's movies. He probably wouldn't play his audience for fools, right?
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