明修栈道，暗渡陈仓

míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù chén cāng

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1. lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[wèi hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[liú bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[xiàng yǔ] of Chu)
2. fig. to feign one thing while doing another
3. to cheat under cover of a diversion

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Child Words of 明修栈道，暗渡陈仓

• 修 修 xiū: to decorate
• 暗 暗 àn: dark
• 渡 渡 dù: to cross
• 道 道 dào: road
• 仓 仓 cāng: barn
• 明 明 míng: bright
• 暗渡陈仓 暗渡陈仓 àn dù chén cāng: lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[wèi hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[liú bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[xiàng yǔ] of Chu)
• 栈 栈 zhàn: a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle
• 栈道 栈道 zhàn dào: plank walkway constructed on the face of a cliff
• 陈 陈 chén: to lay out; to exhibit; to display
• 陈仓 陈仓 chén cāng: ancient name of Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[bǎo jī shì], Shaanxi