偷樑換柱

Chinese

		to steal; to pilfer	beam of roof	change; exchange	pillar
trad. (偷樑換柱/偷梁換柱)		偷	樑/梁	換	柱
simp. (偷梁换柱)		偷	梁	换	柱
Literally: “to steal a rafter and replace it with a column”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): tōuliánghuànzhù

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄡㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tau¹ loeng⁴ wun⁶ cyu⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: tōuliánghuànzhù
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄡㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄨˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: toulianghuannjuh
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵ xu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: tau¹ loeng⁴ wun⁶ cyu⁵
  - Yale: tāu lèuhng wuhn chyúh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tau¹ loeng⁴ wun⁶ tsy⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: teo¹ lêng⁴ wun⁶ qu⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯⁵⁵ lœ̽ːŋ²¹ wuːn²² t͡ʃʰyː¹³/

Idiom

偷樑換柱

to replace the original with a fake; to perpetrate a fraud

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