明修栈道，暗渡陈仓
Traditional: 明修棧道，暗渡陳倉Dictionary entry
lit. repair the plank road by day while 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)
What does 明修栈道，暗渡陈仓 mean?
明修栈道，暗渡陈仓 (míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng) has the following dictionary meaning.
1lit. repair the plank road by day while 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)
2fig. to feign one thing while doing another
3to cheat under cover of a diversion
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明MíngMing Dynasty (1368–1644) · surname Ming修Xiūsurname Xiu栈zhàna wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle · wood or bamboo trestlework道dàoroad; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) · (bound form) way; reason; principle暗ànvariant of 暗[an4]渡dùto cross · to pass through陈Chénsurname Chen · Chen (c. 1045 – 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state仓cāngbarn · granary
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