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暗渡陳倉 (am3 dou6 can4 cong1) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

暗渡陳倉 (am3 dou6 can4 cong1, àn dù Chén cāng) — lit. 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); fig. to feign one thing while doing another; to cheat under cover of a diversion

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 暗中摸索 (am3 zung1 mo2 sok3) — to find in the dark; know things only by guessing; search about blindly
• 暗事 (am3 si6) — to hint; a clandestine action; an illicit action
• 暗啞抵 (am3 aa2 dai2) — bear; endure; undergo something but cannot speak out; to suffer in silence
• 暗度陳倉 (am3 dou6 can4 cong1) — the cover of darkness; to do something illicit under the cover of a diversion
• 暗格 (am3 gaak3) — noun; secret compartment
• 暗渠 (am3 keoi4) — noun; an underdrain; a closed conduit

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