诈 (詐) zhà
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zhà
verb
to cheat; to swindle
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 欺诈; for example, in literary Chinese, 巧詐不如拙誠 'it is better to be simplictically honest than cleverly deceitful', from Han Feizi's Shuo Lin Shang (DCP 'Q102'; GHC '詐' 1; Guoyu '詐' v 1; Kroll 2015 '詐' 1a; Mathews 1931 '詐', p. 9; Unihan '詐') -
zhà
adjective
fraudulent; false
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '詐' adj; Kroll 2015 '詐' 1) -
zhà
verb
to pretend; to feign; to bluff
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 假装 (GHC '詐' 2; Guoyu '詐' v 2) -
zhà
adverb
suddenly
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In place of 乍, in the sense of 突然 (GHC '詐' 3; Guoyu '詐' adv)
Contained in
- 诈降(詐降) feigned surrender
- 敲诈勒索(敲詐勒索) extortion and blackmail
- 诈巧(詐巧) a deceitful trick
- 虚诈(虛詐) tricky and hypocritical
- 诈取(詐取) to swindle; to defraud
- 权诈(權詐) crafty; tricky
- 欺诈者(欺詐者) deceiver
- 诈语(詐語) falsehood; lies; fabrication
- 巧诈(巧詐) deceitful; crafty; artful
- 网络欺诈(網絡欺詐) phishing
- 诈骗(詐騙) to defraud; to swindle; to blackmail
- 诈败(詐敗) to pretend to be defeated
- 险诈(險詐) sinister and deceitful
- 诈晴(詐晴) temporarily clear weather
- 诈伪(詐偽) fake
- 敲诈(敲詐) to extort; to blackmail
- 桀贪骜诈(桀貪驁詐) brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful
- 诈狂(詐狂) to pretend to be mad
- 诈谟(詐謨) a fraudulent scheme
- 狡诈(狡詐) deceitful
- 敲诈罪(敲詐罪) extortion
- 诈死(詐死) to feign death; to fake death
- 诈唬(詐唬) to bluff; to bluster; to intimidate
- 诈言(詐言) a lie
- 诡诈(詭詐) sly; treacherous
- 诈諼(詐諼) a lie; a fabrication
- 诈病(詐病) to feign illness; to malinger
- 狂三诈四(狂三詐四) to deceive and swindle across the board
- 诈骗罪(詐騙罪) fraud
- 诈故(詐故) to use a deceitful plot
- 诈败佯输(詐敗佯輸) to trick [the enemy] by pretending to be defeated
- 巧诈不如拙诚(巧詐不如拙誠) it is better to be simplictically honest than cleverly deceitful
- 诈作不知(詐作不知) feigned ignorance
- 诈疾(詐疾) to pretend to be sick
- 奸诈(奸詐) treacherous; devious
- 尔虞我诈(爾虞我詐) you hoodwink me and I cheat you; mutual deception/each tries to outwit the other
- 狡猾多诈(狡猾多詐) crafty and deceitful
- 诈欺(詐欺) fraud; deception
- 欺诈(欺詐) to cheat
- 诈领(詐領) to defraud; to obtain by fraud; to embezzle
- 姦诈(姦詐) deceit; treachery
- 诈冒(詐冒) to forge; counterfeit
- 讹诈(訛詐) to extort under false pretenses; to blackmail; to bluff; to defraud
- 兵不厌诈(兵不厭詐) there can never be too much deception in war; in war nothing is too deceitful; all's fair in war
- 诈老实(詐老實) to pretend to be simple
- 诈尸(詐屍) sudden movement of a corpse (superstition); sudden torrent of abuse
- 机诈(機詐) deceitful
- 诈欺取财(詐欺取財) to take money by fraud
- 兵以诈立(兵以詐立) in war, use deceptive signals
- 诈喜(詐喜) to pretend to be pleased
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 議兵篇第十五 Chapter 15: A Debate on use of the Miltary Xunzi 荀子 — count: 17
- 卷四 問道 Chapter 4: Asking about the Way Exemplary Figures 法言 — count: 11
- 卷一百〇五 志第五十三: 刑法四 Volume 105 Treatises 58: Punishment and Law 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 11
- 卷十三 權謀 Chapter 13: Tactics Garden of Stories 說苑 — count: 9
- 卷三百〇七 列傳第一百九十五 佞倖 紀綱 門達 李孜省 繼曉 江彬 錢寧 陸炳 邵元節 陶仲文 顧可學 Volume 307 Biographies 195: Flatter and Imitation - Ji Gang, Men Da, Li Zisheng, Ji Xiao, Jiang Bin, Qian Ning, Lu Bing, Shao Yuanjie, Tao Zhongwen, Gu Kexue History of Ming 明史 — count: 9
- 卷三十四 韓彭英盧吳傳 Volume 34: Han, Peng, Ying, Lu and Wu Book of Han 漢書 — count: 9
- 卷五十二 列傳第二: 后妃下 Volume 52 Biographies 2: Empresses and Consorts 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 8
- 《淮陰侯列傳》 Biography of the Marquis of Huaiyin Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 7
- 卷二十七 宣張二王杜郭吳承鄭趙列傳 Volume 27: Biographies of Xuan, Zang, two Wangs, Du, Guo, Wu, Cheng, Zheng, Zhao Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 7
- 卷五十九 列傳第二十九 汝南王亮 楚王瑋 趙王倫 齊王冏 長沙王乂 成都王潁 河間王顒 東海王越 Volume 59 Biographies 29: Liang, Prince Wencheng of Ru'nan; Wei, Prince Yin of Chu; Lun, Prince of Zhao; Jiong, Prince of Qi; Ai, Prince of Changsha; Ying, Prince of Chengdu; Yong, Prince of Hejian; Yue, Prince Xiaoxian of Donghai Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 7
Collocations
- 狙诈 (狙詐) 狙詐之家曰 — Exemplary Figures 法言, 卷四 問道 Chapter 4: Asking about the Way — count: 11
- 多诈 (多詐) 多詐者不欺愚 — Mozi 墨子, 卷七 天志上 Book 7 - Will of Heaven I — count: 7
- 埶诈 (埶詐) 隆埶詐 — Xunzi 荀子, 議兵篇第十五 Chapter 15: A Debate on use of the Miltary — count: 5
- 诈谋 (詐謀) 已於是乎奮其詐謀 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 5
- 诈力 (詐力) 先詐力而後仁義 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 1 — count: 5
- 伪诈 (偽詐) 曲巧偽詐 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷一 原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way — count: 5
- 诈诈 (詐詐) 不詐詐也 — Exemplary Figures 法言, 卷二 吾子 Chapter 2: Our Teachers — count: 4
- 变诈 (變詐) 吳變詐 — Xunzi 荀子, 荀子序 楊倞 Preface by Yang Jing — count: 4
- 诈僞 (詐僞) 不彊民以其所惡則詐僞不生 — Guanzi 管子, 牧民第一 Chapter 1: Shepherding the People — count: 4
- 设诈 (設詐) 設詐諝 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷八 本經訓 Chapter 8: Base Warp — count: 4