暗渡陈仓

àndùchéncāng

(of a man and a woman) enter into a secret liaison

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do one thing under cover of another

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do one thing under cover of another

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àn dù chén cāng

v. enter into a secrete liaison

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secretly crossing the Wei river 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦, 刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiangyu 項羽, 项羽 of Chu); fig. fein one thing while doing another, to cheat under cover of a diversion

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暗渡陳倉|暗渡陈仓 [àn dù Chén cāng] ► 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