以假乱真

Traditional: 以假亂真
yǐ jiǎ luàn zhēn
Dictionary entry
(idiom) to pass off the fake as genuine; to blur the line between fake and real so convincingly that the fake is mistaken for the real thing

What does 以假乱真 mean?

以假乱真 (yǐ jiǎ luàn zhēn) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(idiom) to pass off the fake as genuine; to blur the line between fake and real so convincingly that the fake is mistaken for the real thing

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以假乱真
yǐ jiǎ luàn zhēn
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