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偷梁换柱

tōu liáng huàn zhù lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column / to replace the original with a fake / to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)
tōu to steal / to pilfer / to snatch / thief / stealthily
  Liáng Liang Dynasty (502–557) / Later Liang Dynasty (907–923) / surname Liang
  liáng roof beam / beam (structure) / bridge
  liáng variant of
   huàn to exchange / to change (clothes etc) / to substitute / to switch / to convert (currency)
    zhù pillar / CL:
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