# 弄虚作假 (nòngxūzuòjiǎ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 弄虚作假 (nòngxūzuòjiǎ) means “to practice fraud and deceit”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to practice fraud and deceit
- Pinyin: nòngxūzuòjiǎ (nong4 xu1 zuo4 jia3)
- Traditional: 弄虛作假
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 我们在工作中绝不能弄虚作假。
  Wǒmen zài gōngzuò zhōng juébù néng nòngxū-zuòjiǎ.
  We must never practice fraud in our work.

## Characters

- [弄](https://hanziro.com/word/nong-do/) (nòng): to do; to handle
- [虚](https://hanziro.com/word/xu-empty/) (xū): empty; false
- [作](https://hanziro.com/word/zuo-write/) (zuò): to write; to compose
- [假](https://hanziro.com/word/jia-fake/) (jiǎ): fake; false

https://hanziro.com/word/nong-xu-zuo-jia-practice-fraud-and/

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