to steal sb's valuable item and substitute a similar-looking but worthless item; to sell a fake for the genuine article; to palm off
trad. 調包
Also written 調包【diào bāo】
Characters in this word
2调
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to transfer, to move (troops or cadres), to investigate, to enquire into, accent, view, argument, key (in music), mode (music), tune, tone, melody
- Pinyin
- diào
- Traditional
- 調
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 5104 of 2500
包
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surname Bao
- Pinyin
- Bāo
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 1551 of 2500