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羊头狗肉
yáng​tóu​gǒu​ròu

to cheat

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
羊头狗肉 羊頭狗肉 yáng​tóu​gǒu​ròu
to cheat
Literally hanging a sheep's head while selling dog meat; describes dishonest advertising, deceptive practices, or doing wicked things under a virtuous name.

Frequency

Written text
0.004 per million

Cross-References

Same as

  • 悬羊头卖狗肉 xuán​yáng​tóu​mài​gǒu​ròu

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)