偷梁换柱
tōu​liáng​huàn​zhù

to perpetrate a fraud

  • created sense approved 偷梁换柱/偷梁換柱 · tōu​liáng​huàn​zhù · to perpetrate a fraud — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    偷梁换柱 / 偷梁換柱

    tōu​liáng​huàn​zhù

    to perpetrate a fraud

    Literally "to steal the rafters and replace them with pillars"; to secretly swap the original for a fake or change the nature of something through underhanded tricks.

    偷 (literal) → 偷 · tōu · to steal 梁 (literal) → 梁 · liáng · beam 换 (literal) → 换/換 · huàn · to exchange 柱 (literal) → 柱 · zhù · pillar

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