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暗渡陈仓

Traditional 暗渡陳倉

àn dù Chén cāng

lit. secretly crossing the Wei River…

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àn dù Chén cāng 暗渡陳倉

  1. lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu)
  2. fig. to feign one thing while doing another
  3. to cheat under cover of a diversion

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