- lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河【Wèi Hé】 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 刘邦【Liú Bāng】 in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 项羽【Xiàng Yǔ】 of Chu)
- fig. to feign one thing while doing another
- to cheat under cover of a diversion
Generated: This idiom is used to describe a strategy of misdirection, where one pretends to be doing something openly while secretly engaging in a different, often deceptive action.
zài在bǐ sài比赛Zhōng中,tā他míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng明修栈道,暗渡陈仓,shí jì shàng实际上què却zài在tōu tōu偷偷zhǔn bèi准备qí tā其他de的zhàn shù战术。
In the competition, he feigned one strategy while secretly preparing another tactic.
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