诖 (guà) - to deceive & to cheat
诖 · guà
to deceive;
to cheat;
to mislead;
to involve in trouble;
to implicate
to deceiveto cheatto mislead
Usage highlights
to deceive and misleadto involve in crimeto implicate othersdeceptive wordsto be misledto deceive the people
Usage & contexts
Examples
- He was deceived by the swindler (被骗子诖骗).
- The official was implicated in the scandal (官员被诖误).
- This error misled many people (这个错误诖误了很多人).
Collocations
- to deceive and mislead(诖误)
- to involve in crime(诖罪)
- to implicate others(诖累)
- deceptive words(诖言)
- to be misled(被诖)
- to deceive the people(诖民)
Idioms
- To deceive and mislead(诖误)
- To involve in trouble and crime(诖罪)
- Deceptive and misleading words(诖言惑众)
Cultural background
FAQ- Originally meant 'to deceive' or 'to mislead' in classical Chinese.
- Often used in legal and official contexts to describe deception or implication in wrongdoing.
- The character combines the speech radical (讠) with the phonetic component 圭 (guī).