聲東擊西

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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
trad. (聲東擊西) 西
simp. (声东击西) 西
Literally: “to make a feint to the east but attack in the west”.

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Idiom

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聲東擊西

  1. (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
  2. (by extension, figuratively) to confuse someone in order to conceal the real motive behind something