to threaten the east and strike to the west (idiom); to create a diversion
trad. 聲東擊西
Also written 聲東擊西【shēng dōng jī xī】
Characters in this word
4声
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sound, voice, tone, noise, reputation, classifier for sounds
- Pinyin
- shēng
- Traditional
- 聲
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 2265 of 2500
东
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surname Dong
- Pinyin
- Dōng
- Traditional
- 東
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 5663 of 2500
击
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to hit, to strike, to break, Taiwan pr. [ji2]
- Pinyin
- jī
- Traditional
- 擊
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 20721 of 2500
西
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the West, abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2], Spanish
- Pinyin
- Xī
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 2156 of 2500