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尔虞我诈

尔虞我诈 ěr yú wǒ zhà lit. you hoodwink me and I cheat you (idiom) / fig. each tries to outwit the other / deceit and treachery
尔 ěr variant of 尔
尔 ěr thus / so / like that / you / thou
 虞 Yú surname Yu
 虞 yú (literary) to expect; to anticipate / (literary) to be concerned about; to be apprehensive / (literary) to deceive; to dupe
  我 wǒ I; me; my
   诈 zhà to cheat / to swindle / to pretend / to feign / to draw sb out / to try to extract information by deceit or bluff
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