Chinese
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sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds)
sound; voice; (a measure word, used for sounds); tone; noise
!east
!to hit; to strike; to break
!west
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!trad. (聲東擊西)
| 聲
| 東
| 擊
| 西
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!simp. (声东击西)
| 声
| 东
| 击
| 西
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Idiom
聲東擊西
- 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
- (by extension, figuratively) to confuse someone in order to conceal the real motive behind something