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暗渡陈仓

àn dù chén cāng

Definitions

  • 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)
  • fig. to feign one thing while doing another
  • to cheat under cover of a diversion