故弄玄虚

deliberately mystifying / to make sth unnecessarily complicated

happening / instance / reason / cause / intentional / former / old / friend / therefore / hence / (of people) to die, dead

lane / alley

to do / to manage / to handle / to play with / to fool with / to mess with / to fix / to toy with

old variant of 弄[nong4]

variant of 弄[long4]

black / mysterious

deceitful trick / mystery / unfathomable

(intentionally) mysterious; arcane

emptiness / void / abstract theory or guiding principles / empty or unoccupied / diffident or timid / false / humble or modest / (of health) weak / virtual / in vain