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Chinese
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conceal from
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day; sky; heaven
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to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker) to cross; to go over; (experienced action marker); to pass; to celebrate; to live; to get along; excessively; too- |
ocean; sea
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| trad. (瞞天過海)
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瞞
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天
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過
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海
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| simp. (瞒天过海)
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瞒
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天
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过
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海
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| Literally: “to cross the sea without the sky knowing”.
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Pronunciation
Idiom
瞞天過海
- to achieve one's aim underhandedly
你無法瞞天過海。 [MSC, trad.]
你无法瞒天过海。 [MSC, simp.]- From: Double Indemnity, 1944 (OpenSubtitles)
- Nǐ wúfǎ mántiānguòhǎi.
- You can't get away with it.
要是他沒有下令做這個調查她本可以瞞天過海好多年 [MSC, trad.]
要是他没有下令做这个调查她本可以瞒天过海好多年 [MSC, simp.]- From: Glass Houses, 2011 (OpenSubtitles)
- yàoshì tā méiyǒu xiàlìng zuò zhège diàochá tā běn kěyǐ mántiānguòhǎi hǎoduō nián
- If he didn't order this investigation, she could have flown under the radar for years.