声东击西

声东击西
shēngdōng

to threaten the east and strike to the west (idiom)

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MEANING2 meanings

MEANING

  1. verb

    to threaten the east and strike to the west (idiom)

    • He made a feint in one direction and attacked in another, successfully diverting the enemy's attention.

  2. verb

    to create a diversion

    • We used the stratagem of feinting east and striking west, successfully diverting the enemy's attention.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

A gentleman's voice resonates like the sound of reciting poetry that echoes through the air.

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