Lingaku- see 掛羊頭賣狗肉|挂羊头卖狗肉[gua4 yang2 tou2 mai4 gou3 rou4]
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- 挂羊头卖狗肉
This phrase means to present something deceptive, where the appearance (like selling mutton) does not match the reality (selling dog meat). It is often used to describe fraud or bait-and-switch tactics.
This restaurant presents mutton but serves only cheap beef.
mǎi jiā买家fā xiàn发现tā他mǎi买de的shǒu biǎo手表shí jì shàng实际上shì是fǎng zhì pǐn仿制品，shāng jiā商家shì是zài在guà yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu挂羊头卖狗肉。
The buyer found that the watch he purchased was a counterfeit; the seller was using bait-and-switch tactics.
Generated collocations (experimental)
xuán yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu悬羊头卖狗肉to put up a false front while selling something undesirableguà yáng tóu mài gǒu ròu挂羊头卖狗肉to gain trust with an attractive offer while delivering something badyǐ以yáng tóu羊头mài卖gǒu ròu狗肉to use an enticing offer to deceivexuán悬Yáng羊tóu头to display a misleading facademài卖gǒu ròu狗肉to sell something of lower qualitybiǎo miàn表面xuán悬yáng tóu羊头to superficially present a high-quality imageshí实wéi为gǒu ròu狗肉the reality is far less appealing