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瞒天过海

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用瞒天过海的手法
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想瞒天过海
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试图瞒天过海
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玩弄瞒天过海的手法
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企图瞒天过海

Definition

瞒天过海

Literally means:

cross the sea while keeping the Majesty in the dark

Actually means:

engage in underhanded activity

Figuratively it means using a common distraction to cover one's real intention, and to keep one's opponent in the dark, while taking one's own initiative and getting final victory. Derogatory.

比喻利用十分普通的事物掩盖自己的意图,让对手毫无觉察,毫不怀疑,然后采取行动,取得胜利。具有贬义色彩。

Example

Used as predicate, attributive or object. (作谓语、定语、宾语)
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Yǒuxiē
有些
yàochǎng
药厂
mántiānguòhǎi
瞒天过海
  
,
gǎihuàn
改换
lǎo
chǎnpǐn
产品
de
míngchēng
名称
bāozhuāng
包装
hòu
zuòwéi
作为
xīnyào
新药
  
,
yuánlái
原来
gāo
hǎo
好几
bèi
de
jiàqian
价钱
mài
dào
shìchǎng
市场
shàng
  
,
cóngér
从而
huò
获取
bào
暴利
  

Some pharmaceutical companies hide from the sea, change the name of the old products and packaging as a new drug, several times higher than the original price to sell to the market, so as to obtain windfall profits.

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Zhège
这个
gōng
公司
yòng
mántiānguòhǎi
瞒天过海
de
shǒu
手法
  
,
zài
liǎng
nián
zhōng
tōulòu
偷漏
shuìkuǎn
税款
Gāo
sānqiānwàn
三千万
yuán
  

The company used a cover-up to steal up to $30 million in taxes over two years.

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Zhè
míng
shārénfàn
杀人犯
xiǎng
mántiānguòhǎi
瞒天过海
  
,
duǒ
dào
xiǎo
chéngshì
城市
shēnghuó
生活
  
,
dàn
zuìzhōng
最终
háishi
还是
bèi
gōngān
公安
guān
机关
zhuāhuò
抓获
le
  

The murderer tried to hide from the sky and live in a small city, but was eventually captured by the public security authorities.

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