上当

上當

shàngdàng

verb HSK 6 #9,425

Meanings

1 to be fooled; to be duped
2 to be taken in; to fall for a trick

Characters

to fall into; to be caught by

pawnshop; trap; trick

Falling into a pawnshop's trap — being tricked into a bad deal.

Examples

别上当了，这是骗人的！

Bié shàngdàng le, zhè shì piànrén de!

Don't be fooled — it's a scam!

我上当了，买了一个假货。

Wǒ shàngdàng le, mǎi le yīgè jiǎhuò.

I got duped and bought a counterfeit product.

上当受骗的人越来越多。

Shàngdàng shòupiàn de rén yuèláiyuè duō.

More and more people are being deceived.

他这个人很精明，不容易上当。

Tā zhège rén hěn jīngmíng, bùróng yì shàngdàng.

He's very shrewd and not easily fooled.

Tips

history

上当 literally means 'going to the pawnshop (当铺)' — historically, pawnshops often gave people far less than their items were worth, so going there meant getting a bad deal. Over time it came to mean being tricked in general.

usage

Often paired with 受骗 (shòu piàn): 上当受骗 = to be deceived and swindled. 吃亏上当 (chī kuī shàng dàng) = to suffer losses from being tricked.

Stroke Order

上 shàng

当 dāng