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- 忽悠
忽悠
hū you
Meaning
- to trick sb into doing sth
Definition
欺骗，蒙骗，用花言巧语使人上当。
to deceive, to trick, to bamboozle.
Usage
常用于口语，指通过夸大或虚假的言辞让人相信不实之事，带有贬义。
Commonly used in spoken language, referring to making someone believe something untrue through exaggerated or false words, with a derogatory connotation.
Examples
- 1 你别忽悠我，我知道事情的真相。 (Don't try to fool me, I know the truth.)
- 2 那个商人总是忽悠顾客买高价商品。 (That businessman always tricks customers into buying overpriced items.)
- 3 他说的那些话都是在忽悠你，千万别信。 (What he said was all nonsense to fool you, don't believe it.)
- 4 我被他的花言巧语忽悠了，买了这个没用的东西。 (I was fooled by his sweet talk and bought this useless thing.)
- 5 这种广告明显是在忽悠消费者。 (This kind of advertisement is clearly deceiving consumers.)
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