lit. you hoodwink me and I cheat you (idiom); fig. each tries to outwit the other; deceit and treachery
trad. 爾虞我詐
Also written 爾虞我詐【ěr yú wǒ zhà】
Characters in this word
4尔
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variant of 爾|尔[er3]
- Pinyin
- ěr
- Traditional
- 尒
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 3117 of 2500
虞
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surname Yu
- Pinyin
- Yú
- Strokes
- 13
我
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I; me; my
- Pinyin
- wǒ
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 2 of 2500
诈
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to cheat, to swindle, to pretend, to feign, to draw sb out, to try to extract information by deceit or bluff
- Pinyin
- zhà
- Traditional
- 詐
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 33414 of 2500