暗渡陈仓
Traditional form:
暗渡陳倉
Pinyin (reading):
àndù Chéncāng
Definitions:
- lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河 ( Wèi Hé) at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦／刘邦 ( Liú Bāng) in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽／项羽 ( Xiàng Yǔ) of Chu)
- fig. to feign one thing while doing another
- to cheat under cover of a diversion
Characters:
- 暗 - dark, gloomy; obscure; secret, covert
- 渡 - to cross, to ferry over, to pass through
- 陈 - to display, to exhibit; to plead; surname
- 仓 - granary, barn; cabin, berth
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