Lingaku- 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)
- fig. to feign one thing while doing another
- to cheat under cover of a diversion
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- repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River at Chencang
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.
Generated collocations (experimental)
míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng明修栈道，暗渡陈仓to feign one thing while doing anotherMíng明Xiū修zhàn dào栈道to create a diversionàn dù Chén cāng暗渡陈仓to act secretlyyùn yòng运用míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng明修栈道，暗渡陈仓de的cè lüè策略to apply the strategy of feigning one thing while doing anothercǎi qǔ采取míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng明修栈道，暗渡陈仓de的fāng shì方式to adopt a method of using deceptionzài在tán pàn谈判Zhōng中míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng明修栈道，暗渡陈仓to feign honesty while secretly pursuing one's own interest in negotiationsmíng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng明修栈道，暗渡陈仓de的zhàn shù战术the tactic of feigning one thing while accomplishing anothermíng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng明修栈道，暗渡陈仓de的shǒu fǎ手法the technique of using diversion to achieve hidden goals