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瞒天过海

mán tiān guò hǎi

4-character word Traditional 瞞天過海

What 瞒天过海 means

1. to cross the sea by a trick (idiom)
2. to achieve one's aim by underhanded means

The characters in 瞒天过海

• 瞒mánto conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark
• 天tiānday; sky; heaven
• 过guòto cross; to go over; to pass (time)
• 海hǎiocean; sea; great number of people or things

Example sentences

• 要是他没有下令做这个调查她本可以瞒天过海好多年。
  Yàoshi tā méiyǒu xiàlìng zuò zhège diàochá tā běn kěyǐ mántiānguòhǎi hǎo duō nián.
  If he didn't order this investigation, she could have flown under the radar for years.