偷天换日 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to engage in fraudulent activities
• skulduggery
• to hoodwink people
• to cheat sb audaciously

Character by character

• 偷tōuto steal; burglar, thief
• 天tiānsky, heaven; god, celestial
• 换huànto change; to exchange, to swap, to trade
• 日rìsun; day; daytime

Idioms sharing a character

• 不偷不抢 bù tōu bù qiǎng
• 偷偷摸摸 tōu tōu mō mō
• 偷工减料 tōu gōng jiǎn liào
• 偷梁换柱 tōu liáng huàn zhù
• 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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