挂羊头卖狗肉
Traditional form:
掛羊頭賣狗肉
Pinyin (reading):
guàyángtóumàigǒuròu
Definitions:
- lit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom)
- fig. to cheat
- dishonest advertising
- wicked deeds carried out under banner of virtue
Characters:
- 挂 - to suspend, to put up, to hang; suspense
- 羊 - sheep, goat
- 头 - head; chief, boss; first, top
- 卖 - to sell; to betray; to show off
- 狗 - dog
- 肉 - meat; flesh
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