上下其手
shàng​xià​qí​shǒu

to commit fraud

  • created reference approved 上下其手 → 左传/左傳 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    上下其手 shàng​xià​qí​shǒu

    左传 / 左傳 zuǒ​zhuàn

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 上下其手 · shàng​xià​qí​shǒu · to commit fraud — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    上下其手

    shàng​xià​qí​shǒu

    to commit fraud

    To engage in collusion or manipulate facts for personal gain; to practice fraud through secret signals or trickery. This idiom originates from a historical account in the [[左传|左傳|zuo3 zhuan4]] where hand signals were used to unfairly influence a witness.

    上下 (literal) → 上下 · shàng​xià · up and down 其 (literal) → 其 · qí · [third-person possessive] 手 (literal) → 手 · shǒu · hand

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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