to deflect blame from oneself with a dishonest story; to make excuses

crafty; cunning; deceitful

crafty; cunning; sly

devious; cunning

variant of 狡猾[jiao3 hua2]

(literary) crafty; cunning

to deny (through sophism)

crafty; astute

lit. a crafty rabbit has three burrows; a sly individual has more than one plan to fall back on (idiom)

see 兔死狗烹[tu4 si3 gou3 peng1]