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聲東擊西
  sing1 dung1 gik1 sai1   jyutping
  sheng1 dong1 ji1 xi1   pinyin
look one way and row another; sham an attack to deceive an opponent or divert his attention
[literal] make a feint to the east and attack in the west

Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
聲東擊西 / 声东击西

This word has been viewed 1496 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 13th Feb 2010 18:12 and last edited on 14th Apr 2018 05:14
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Characters in this word:

 sing1 seng1  -  sound; voice; declare; fame
 dung1  -  east ; host, master, owner; family name
 gik1  -  hit; beat; attack; assault; bump into
西  sai1  -  west
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