明修栈道,暗渡陈仓

míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù chén cāngmingxiuzhandao,anduchencang

  1. lit. repair the plank road by day while 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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