"cully" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 傻瓜
• 易受骗的人

Definition

一个过时或俚语用语，指容易被骗或被利用的人。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

现在几乎不用，主要出现在历史文献或故事中，用来指容易上当的人。类似于 '傻瓜'。

Examples

The old trickster fooled the cully with his card tricks.

那个老骗子用他的牌戏骗了那个**傻瓜**。

Everyone laughed because the cully believed the silly story.

大家都笑了，因为那个**傻瓜**相信了这个傻故事。

A cully often trusts the wrong people.

**傻瓜**常常相信错误的人。

Back in the day, you didn’t want to be called a cully on the street.

过去，在街上被叫成**傻瓜**可不是什么好事。

He played the cully just to see how far the conman would go.

他装作一个**傻瓜**，只是想看看骗子会做到什么地步。

Sometimes, acting like a cully gets you out of trouble – people don’t suspect you know more than you let on.

有时候，装成**傻瓜**可以避开麻烦——别人不会怀疑你其实知道得更多。