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Chinese
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clear; bright; to understand clear; bright; to understand; next; the Ming dynasty |
to decorate; to embellish; to repair to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to study; to write; to cultivate |
plank road built on wooden brackets fixed onto the face of a cliff
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dark; gloomy; hidden dark; gloomy; hidden; secret |
to cross; to pass through; to ferry
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Chencang
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| trad. (明修棧道，暗渡陳倉)
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明
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修
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棧道
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，
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暗
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渡
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陳倉
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| simp. (明修栈道，暗渡陈仓)
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明
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修
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栈道
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，
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暗
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渡
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陈仓
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| alternative forms
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明修棧道，暗度陳倉／明修栈道，暗度陈仓
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| Literally: “repair the plank road openly while secretly crossing at Chencang”.
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Etymology
Referring to a stratagem used by Liu Bang in 206 BC against Xiang Yu of Chu.
Pronunciation
Idiom
明修棧道，暗渡陳倉
- to feign one thing while doing something else; to divert someone's attention towards something while secretly doing something else to achieve one's goal