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明修栈道，暗渡陈仓

míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng · ming xiu zhan dao , an du chen cang

Traditional 明修棧道，暗渡陳倉

Meaning

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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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