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掛羊頭賣狗肉
gwaa3 joeng4 tau4 maai6 gau2 juk6 |
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cry up wine and sell vinegar; sail under false colours [literal] put up a sheep's head but sell dog meat] This is a deceitful act by doing legal things superficially but doing the opposite covertly.
Level: 4 Google Frequency: 183,000 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Characters in this word:掛 gwaa3 - hang up羊 joeng4 - sheep; goat 頭 tau4 - head; first; chief 賣 maai6 - sell 狗 gau2 - dog 肉 juk6 - meat |
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