ěr yú wǒ zhà

Traditional: 爾虞我詐

尔虞我诈 (ěr yú wǒ zhà) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. you hoodwink me and I cheat you (idiom); fig. each tries to outwit the other; deceit and treachery”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. you hoodwink me and I cheat you (idiom)
  2. 2fig. each tries to outwit the other
  3. 3deceit and treachery

Characters in 尔虞我诈

尔ěr · thus虞yú · (literary) to expect; to anticipate我wǒ · I; me; my诈zhà · to cheat

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