声东击西
声东击西
shēng dōng jī xī
to threaten the east and strike to the west (idiom); to create a diversion
verbidiom
Traditional: 聲東擊西
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- (verb, idiom) to threaten the east and strike to the west (idiom)
- to create a diversion
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Related Words
五方(wǔ fāng)· five directions, namely: east 東|东, south 南, west 西, north 北 and middle 中
→两德(liǎng Dé)· two Germanies
→六合(liù hé)· the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, down)
→拆东墙补西墙(chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng)· lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
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