偷梁換柱

简 偷梁换柱 · 繁 偷梁換柱
Mandarin · pinyin tōu liáng huàn zhù

Meanings

  1. lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column
  2. to replace the original with a fake
  3. to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)
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偷
tōu · to steal, burglar, thief
梁
liáng · bridge; beam; rafters; surname
換
huàn · change, exchange; substitute
柱
zhù · pillar, post; support; lean on
换
huàn · change
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1–2–4–4 · tou1 liang2 huan4 zhu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

tau1 loeng4 wun6 cyu5

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tau1 loeng4 wun6 cyu5

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偷梁換柱 · tou1 liang2 huan4 zhu4
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Exact source record偷梁換柱 偷梁换柱 [tou1 liang2 huan4 zhu4] /lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column/to replace the original with a fake/to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)/