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坑蒙拐騙

简坑蒙拐骗 · 繁坑蒙拐騙

Mandarin · pinyin kēng mēng guǎi piàn

(idiom) to swindle, scam and deceive

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坑: kēng · pit, hole; bury, trap; harry
蒙: méng · cover; ignorant; suffer; Mongolia; hexagram ䷃
拐: guǎi · kidnap, abduct; turn
騙: Look up this written character
骗: piàn · swindle, cheat out of, defraud

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1–1–3–4 · keng1 meng1 guai3 pian4

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haang1 mung4 gwaai2 pin3

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(idiomatic) to entrap, make blind, swindle and deceive; the various fraud techniques

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