àn dù Chén cāng

Traditional: 暗渡陳倉

暗渡陈仓 (àn dù Chén cāng) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu); fig. to feign one thing while doing another; to cheat under cover of a diversion”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu)
  2. 2fig. to feign one thing while doing another
  3. 3to cheat under cover of a diversion

Characters in 暗渡陈仓

暗àn · dark渡dù · to cross陈chén · (bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display仓cāng · barn

Related words

黑暗dark暗dark暗(literary) to close (a door)暗variant of 暗[an4]暗示to hint; to suggest仓库depot陈(bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display陈surname Chen陈述to state; to declare暗杀to assassinate渡to cross渡过to cross over

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