- lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column
- to replace the original with a fake
- to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)
Characters
- 偷 (偷): to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily
- 梁 (梁): Liang Dynasty (502-557); Later Liang Dynasty (907-923); surname Liang
- 换 (換): to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency)
- 柱 (柱): pillar; CL:根[gen1]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 偷梁换柱
- MDBG: 偷梁换柱
- Examples with 偷梁换柱 on Tatoeba
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