以假乱真 — Chinese idiom

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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