1 lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)
2 fig. to pay for what you want in cash
3 simple and direct transaction
仓皇出逃
cāng huáng chū táo
1 to run off in a great panic (idiom)
明修栈道,暗渡陈仓
míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng
1 lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wèi Hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ] of Chu)
2 fig. to feign one thing while doing another
3 to cheat under cover of a diversion
暗渡陈仓
àn dù Chén cāng
1 lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wèi Hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ] of Chu)
2 fig. to feign one thing while doing another
3 to cheat under cover of a diversion
杀人越货
shā rén yuè huò
1 to kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
货比三家
huò bǐ sān jiā
1 to comparison shop (idiom)
2 comparison shopping
货比三家不吃亏
huò bǐ sān jiā bù chī kuī
1 shop around first and you won't get ripped off (idiom)
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