diào​bāo

to substitute by stealth

  • created reference approved 掉包 → 调包/調包 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    掉包 diào​bāo

    调包 / 調包 diào​bāo

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 掉包 · diào​bāo · to substitute by stealth — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    掉包

    diào​bāo

    to substitute by stealth

    to secretly substitute a genuine or valuable item with a fake or inferior one; to palm off

    掉, 包

    掉 (literal) → 掉 · diào · to turn 包 (literal) → 包 · bāo · to wrap

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

    created sense