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): ㄊㄡ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tau¹ loeng⁴ wun⁶ cyu⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tōuliánghuànzhù
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄡ ㄌㄧㄤˊ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: touliánghuànjhù
    • Wade–Giles: tʻou¹-liang²-huan⁴-chu⁴
    • Yale: tōu-lyáng-hwàn-jù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: toulianghuannjuh
    • Palladius: тоулянхуаньчжу (touljanxuanʹčžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ li̯ɑŋ³⁵ xu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tau¹ loeng⁴ wun⁶ cyu⁵
    • Yale: tāu lèuhng wuhn chyúh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tau¹ loeng⁴ wun⁶ tsy⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: teo¹ lêng⁴ wun⁶ qu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐu̯⁵⁵ lœːŋ²¹ wuːn²² t͡sʰyː¹³/

Idiom

偷樑換柱

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