诈 - zhà - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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诈 (詐)

zhà

Definition

to cheat
to swindle
to pretend
to feign
to draw sb out
to try to extract information by deceit or bluff

Character Decomposition

Related words (27)

诈冒

zhà mào

to claim ownership (of stolen goods)

诈取

zhà qǔ

to swindle; to defraud

诈唬

zhà hu

to bluff; to bluster; to intimidate

诈尸

zhà shī

sudden movement of a corpse (superstition); (fig.) sudden torrent of abuse

诈晴

zhà qíng

to clear up (of weather after rain)

fraud; deception

to feign death; to fake death

诈病

zhà bìng

to feign illness; to malinger

诈语

zhà yǔ

falsehood; lies; fabrication

feigned surrender

to defraud; to obtain by fraud; to embezzle; fraudulent

诈骗

zhà piàn

to (commit) fraud; fraud; to cheat; to defraud; to swindle; to blackmail

fraud

treachery; devious; a rogue

巧诈

qiǎo zhà

deceitful; crafty; artful

敲诈

qiāo zhà

to rip off; to extort (money); extortion; blackmail

deceitful

to cheat

craft; cunning; deceitful

虚诈

xū zhà

tricky and hypocritical

讹诈

é zhà

to extort under false pretenses; to blackmail; to bluff; to defraud

sly; treacherous

sinister and deceitful

extortion

deceiver

there can never be too much deception in war; in war nothing is too deceitful; all's fair in war

网络欺诈

wǎng luò qī zhà

phishing

Idioms (5)

尔虞我诈

ěr yú wǒ zhà

(lit.) you hoodwink me and I cheat you (idiom); fig. mutual deception; each tries to outwit the other; dog eats dog and devil take the hindmost

敲诈勒索

qiāo zhà lè suǒ

extortion and blackmail (idiom)

桀贪骜诈

jié tān ào zhà

brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom)

狂三诈四

kuáng sān zhà sì

to deceive and swindle across the board (idiom)

巧诈不如拙诚

qiǎo zhà bù rú zhuō chéng

the unvarnished truth is better than a cunning ruse (idiom); honesty is the best policy

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