瞒天过海 — Chinese idiom
瞒天过海
mán tiān guò hǎi
Traditional: 瞞天過海
Meaning
- to cross the sea by a trick
- to achieve one's aim by underhanded means
Character by character
- 瞒mánto deceive, to lie; to regard with suspicion
- 天tiānsky, heaven; god, celestial
- 过guòpass; to go across, to pass through
- 海hǎisea, ocean; maritime
Idioms sharing a character
- 瞒上欺下 mán shàng qī xià
- 一柱擎天 yī zhù qíng tiān
- 一步登天 yī bù dēng tiān
- 三天两头 sān tiān liǎng tóu
- 上天入地 shàng tiān rù dì
- 不共戴天 bù gòng dài tiān
- 不啻天渊 bù chì tiān yuān
- 不见天日 bù jiàn tiān rì
- 九天仙女 jiǔ tiān xiān nǚ
- 九天揽月 jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè
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