Chinese–English
明修栈道，暗渡陈仓
míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng · ming xiu zhan dao , an du chen cang
Traditional 明修棧道，暗渡陳倉
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦 / 刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽 / 项羽 of Chu)
- fig. to feign one thing while doing another
- to cheat under cover of a diversion
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