明修栈道，暗渡陈仓

MEANING

1. 壹名noun

   lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu)

2. 貳副adverb

   fig. to feign one thing while doing another

   • tāmíngxiūzhàndào,àndùChéncāng,chénggōngdewánchénglerènwù.

     他明修栈道，暗渡陈仓，成功地完成了任务。🔊

     He publicly pursued one course of action while secretly pursuing another, and successfully completed the task.

3. 參动verb

   to cheat under cover of a diversion

   • míngxiūzhàndào,àndùChéncāng,zhèshìtādejìcè.

     明修栈道，暗渡陈仓，这是他的计策。🔊

     He repairs the plank road openly but secretly crosses at Chen Cang; this is his strategy.