| 明修栈道，暗渡陈仓 |
míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng |
lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 项羽 of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion |
| 明 |
Míng |
Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) / surname Ming / Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神农 Farmer God |
| 明 |
míng |
bright / opposite: dark 暗 / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods |
| 修 |
Xiū |
surname Xiu |
| 修 |
xiū |
to decorate / to embellish / to repair / to build / to write / to cultivate / to study / to take (a class) |
| 修 |
xiū |
variant of 修 |
| 栈 |
zhàn |
a wooden or bamboo pen for sheep or cattle / wood or bamboo trestlework / a warehouse / (computing) stack |
| 栈道 |
zhàn dào |
plank walkway constructed on the face of a cliff / (archaic) elevated passageway connecting the upper levels of adjacent towers |
| 道 |
dào |
road; path (CL:条,股) / (bound form) way; reason; principle / (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization / (Daoism) the Way; the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) |
| 暗 |
àn |
variant of 暗 |
| 暗 |
àn |
dark / to turn dark / secret; hidden / (literary) confused; ignorant |
| 暗 |
àn |
(literary) to close (a door) / to eclipse / confused; ignorant (variant of 暗) / dark (variant of 暗) |
| 暗渡陈仓 |
àn dù Chén cāng |
lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河 at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 刘邦 in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 项羽 of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion |
| 渡 |
dù |
to cross / to pass through / to ferry |
| 陈 |
Chén |
surname Chen / Chen (c. 1045 – 479 BC), a Zhou dynasty state / Chen (557–589), one of the Southern Dynasties 南朝 |
| 陈 |
chén |
(bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display / (bound form) to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell / old; stale |
| 陈仓 |
Chén cāng |
ancient name of Baoji City 宝鸡市, Shaanxi / Chencang district of Baoji City |
| 仓 |
cāng |
barn / granary / storehouse / cabin / hold (in ship) |