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聲東擊西. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
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Chinese
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sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds) sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise |
east
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to hit; to strike; to break
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west
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| trad. (聲東擊西)
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聲
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東
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擊
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西
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| simp. (声东击西)
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声
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东
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击
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西
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| Literally: “to make a feint to the east but attack in the west”.
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Pronunciation
Idiom
聲東擊西
- (military) during a battle, to create the illusion of assaulting a target, while the true goal is to assault another target where it's least expected
- (by extension, figuratively) to confuse someone in order to conceal the real motive behind something