聲東擊西

Chinese

		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
trad. (聲東擊西)		聲	東	擊	西
simp. (声东击西)		声	东	击	西

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēngdōngjīxī, shēngdōngjíxī

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄥㄉㄨㄥㄐㄧㄒㄧ, ㄕㄥㄉㄨㄥㄐㄧˊ ㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing¹ dung¹ gik¹ sai¹

聲東擊西

(military) during a battle, to create the illusion of assaulting a target, while 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

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.