尔虞我诈 — Chinese idiom
尔虞我诈
ěr yú wǒ zhà
Traditional: 爾虞我詐
Meaning
- lit. you hoodwink me and I cheat you
- fig. each tries to outwit the other
- deceit and treachery
Character by character
- 尔ěryou; that, those; final particle
- 虞yúanxious, concerned, worried
- 我wǒI, me, my; our, us
- 诈zhàto cheat, to defraud; sly, treacherous
Idioms sharing a character
- 不过尔尔 bù guò ěr ěr
- 卓尔不群 zhuó ěr bù qún
- 新婚燕尔 xīn hūn yàn ěr
- 温文尔雅 wēn wén ěr yǎ
- 率尔操觚 shuài ěr cāo gū
- 衣食无虞 yī shí wú yú
- 你死我活 nǐ sǐ wǒ huó
- 你争我夺 nǐ zhēng wǒ duó
- 依然故我 yī rán gù wǒ
- 卿卿我我 qīng qīng wǒ wǒ
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