以假乱真 — Chinese idiom
以假乱真
yǐ jiǎ luàn zhēn
Traditional: 以假亂真
Meaning
- to pass off the fake as genuine; to blur the line between fake and real so convincingly that the fake is mistaken for the real thing
Character by character
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 假jiǎfake, false, deceitful; vacation
- 乱luànanarchy, chaos; revolt
- 真zhēnreal, actual, true, genuine
Idioms sharing a character
- 一以贯之 yī yǐ guàn zhī
- 不以为然 bù yǐ wéi rán
- 不知所以 bù zhī suǒ yǐ
- 以一驭万 yǐ yī yù wàn
- 以债养债 yǐ zhài yǎng zhài
- 以儆效尤 yǐ jǐng xiào yóu
- 以卵击石 yǐ luǎn jī shí
- 以史为鉴 yǐ shǐ wéi jiàn
- 以夷制夷 yǐ yí zhì yí
- 以少胜多 yǐ shǎo shèng duō
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