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偷梁换柱

Traditional (Taiwan): 偷梁換柱

Traditional (Hong Kong): 偷樑換柱

tōuliánghuànzhù ㄊㄡ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄨˋ

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

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Telling them apart

All three describe covert substitution to deceive. 偷梁换柱 stresses secretly swapping in a fake for the real thing; 偷天换日 suggests altering the truth of something big to fool people; 移花接木 stresses a clever transfer or grafting that gets past the person concerned.

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