







换日偷天 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to secretly alter facts or truth to achieve a deceitful purpose”. To tamper with reality to deceive; to pull a fast one. Literally, “to change the sun and steal the sky”.

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Open the tool →换日偷天 (huàn rì tōu tiān) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to secretly alter facts or truth to achieve a deceitful purpose”.
换日偷天 is pronounced huàn rì tōu tiān in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 换日偷天 means “to change the sun and steal the sky”. It is used to mean “to secretly alter facts or truth to achieve a deceitful purpose”.
比喻暗中改变事物的真相,以达到蒙混欺骗的目的。