Your free Chinese learning resource is here! This idiom and proverb series introduces phrases rich in meaning. Today, we explain 「抽梁換柱」 and its usage.
In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「抽梁換柱」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.
It is a metaphor for playing tricks secretly and replacing the real with the fake.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
chōu liáng huàn zhù
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
chau1 leung4 wun6 chyu5
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