騙術(shù)（名詞）

(noun) Deception; tricks used to fool someone, often maliciously.

EXAMPLE: The fast-talking, eccentric inventor used a lot of hocus-pocus when he demonstrated his anti-gravity device, which never actually worked.

這位好忽悠的自負(fù)發(fā)明家在展示他的反重力設(shè)備時使用了大量的欺騙手段，他的設(shè)備實際上根本不起作用。

secondhand information

二手信息

Information that is not from the original source, but instead from someone who heard it, and who may not be reliable; a formal term for "gossip"

EXAMPLE: One of my co-workers told me she heard our boss say he's retiring next year, but I don't believe her because I never trust secondhand information.

我的一位同事告訴我，她聽我們老板說，他將在明年退休，但我不信她的話，因為我從不相信二手信息。