挂羊头卖狗肉
挂羊头卖狗肉
guà yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu
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
idiom
Traditional: 掛羊頭賣狗肉
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- (idiom) 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
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Related Words
低(dī)· low
→张挂(zhāng guà)· to hang up (a picture, banner, mosquito net etc)
→戴盆望天(dài pén wàng tiān)· lit. viewing the sky with a basin on one's head; it is hard to get a clear view of the sky while carrying a platter on one's head
→明修栈道，暗渡陈仓(míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng)· 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)
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