以伪乱真 — “To use the false to confuse the genuine”
以伪乱真 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to mix the false with the genuine and make it difficult to distinguish them; to pass off the spurious as genuine”. Literally, “To use the false to confuse the genuine”.
以伪乱真 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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What does 以伪乱真 mean?
以伪乱真 (yǐ wěi luàn zhēn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to mix the false with the genuine and make it difficult to distinguish them; to pass off the spurious as genuine”.
How do you pronounce 以伪乱真?
以伪乱真 is pronounced yǐ wěi luàn zhēn in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 以伪乱真 literally mean?
Literally, 以伪乱真 means “to use the false to confuse the genuine”. It is used to mean “to mix the false with the genuine and make it difficult to distinguish them; to pass off the spurious as genuine”.
What is the Chinese definition of 以伪乱真?
把假的混在真的里面，使真假不分。