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Trad. 詐
- to cheat
- to swindle
- to pretend
- to feign
- to draw sb out
- to try to extract information by deceit or bluff
Trad. 詐屍
- sudden movement of a corpse (superstition)
- fig. sudden torrent of abuse
Trad. 桀貪驁詐
- brutal, greedy, arrogant and deceitful (idiom)
Trad. 兵不厭詐
- there can never be too much deception in war
- in war nothing is too deceitful
- all's fair in war
Trad. 狂三詐四
- to deceive and swindle across the board (idiom)
Trad. 爾虞我詐
- lit. you hoodwink me and I cheat you (idiom)
- fig. each tries to outwit the other
- deceit and treachery
Trad. 巧詐不如拙誠
- the unvarnished truth is better than a cunning ruse (idiom)
- honesty is the best policy