偷梁换柱 — Chinese idiom
偷梁换柱
tōu liáng huàn zhù
Traditional: 偷梁換柱
Meaning
- lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column
- to replace the original with a fake
- to perpetrate a fraud
Character by character
- 偷tōuto steal; burglar, thief
- 梁liángbridge; beam, rafter; surname
- 换huànto change; to exchange, to swap, to trade
- 柱zhùto lean on; pillar, post, support
Idioms sharing a character
- 不偷不抢 bù tōu bù qiǎng
- 偷偷摸摸 tōu tōu mō mō
- 偷天换日 tōu tiān huàn rì
- 偷工减料 tōu gōng jiǎn liào
- 偷鸡摸狗 tōu jī mō gǒu
- 偷香窃玉 tōu xiāng qiè yù
- 忍辱偷生 rěn rǔ tōu shēng
- 忙里偷闲 máng lǐ tōu xián
- 苟且偷安 gǒu qiě tōu ān
- 苟且偷生 gǒu qiě tōu shēng
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