偷梁換柱

tau1 loeng4 wun6 cyu5

lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column · to replace the original with a fake · to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column
  2. to replace the original with a fake
  3. to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)

Written Forms

偷梁換柱Traditional · Main Form
偷梁换柱Alternate Form

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