懸羊頭賣狗肉

Chinese
hang; suspend goat's head sell dog meat
trad. (懸羊頭賣狗肉) 懸 羊頭 賣 狗肉
simp. (悬羊头卖狗肉) 悬 羊头 卖 狗肉
Literally: “to hang up a goat's head but sell dog meat”.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xuán yángtóu mài gǒuròu
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄇㄞˋ ㄍㄡˇ ㄖㄡˋ
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: xuán yángtóu mài gǒuròu
      • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄇㄞˋ ㄍㄡˇ ㄖㄡˋ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: syuán yángtóu mài gǒuròu
      • Wade–Giles: hsüan2 yang2-tʻou2 mai4 kou3-jou4
      • Yale: sywán yáng-tóu mài gǒu-ròu
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuan yangtour may goourow
      • Palladius: сюань янтоу май гоужоу (sjuanʹ jantou maj goužou)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ jɑŋ³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ maɪ̯⁵¹ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/

Idiom

懸羊頭賣狗肉

  1. Synonym of 掛羊頭賣狗肉／挂羊头卖狗肉 (guà yángtóu mài gǒuròu, “to cry wine and sell vinegar; to use a good cause as a cover for doing something bad”)

Synonyms
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