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暗渡陳倉

简暗渡陈仓 · 繁暗渡陳倉

Mandarin · pinyin àn dù Chén cāng

lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河 Wèi Hé at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦 Liú Bāng in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽 Xiàng Yǔ of Chu)
fig. to feign one thing while doing another
to cheat under cover of a diversion

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暗: àn · dark; obscure; in secret, covert
渡: dù · cross, ferry over; ferry
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陈: chén · exhibit, display; plead; a surname
仓: cāng · granary; berth; sea

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4–4–2–1 · an4 du4 Chen2 cang1

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(abbreviation, alt-of, idiomatic) short for 明修棧道，暗渡陳倉／明修栈道，暗渡陈仓 (míngxiūzhàndào, àndùchéncāng, “to do one thing under cover of another”)

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