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聲東擊西

聲東擊西

Chinese

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sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise

!east !to hit; to strike; to break !west |- !trad. (聲東擊西) | | | | 西 |- !simp. (声东击西) | | | | 西 |}

Idiom

聲東擊西

  1. during a battle, to create the illusion of assaulting a target; but the true goal is to assault another target where it's least expected
  2. (by extension, figuratively) to confuse someone in order to conceal the real motive behind something