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挂羊头卖狗肉

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6-character word Traditional 掛羊頭賣狗肉

What 挂羊头卖狗肉 means

1. lit. to hang a sheep's head while selling dog meat (idiom)
2. fig. to cheat
3. dishonest advertising
4. wicked deeds carried out under banner of virtue

The characters in 挂羊头卖狗肉

• 挂guàto hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead
• 羊yángsheep; goat
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top
• 卖màito sell; to betray; to spare no effort
• 狗gǒudog
• 肉ròumeat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit)