"掛羊頭賣狗肉" meaning in Chinese

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      "text": "二十年來坐曲彔床，懸羊頭賣狗肉，知它有甚憑據。",
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  "literal_meaning": "tosell dog meat while hanging a goat's head outside the shop as an advertisement",
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        "to cry wine and sell vinegar; to do a bait and switch; to use a good cause as a cover for doing something bad"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄇㄞˋ ㄍㄡˇ ㄖㄡˋ"
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      "zh-pron": "guah yangtour may goourow"
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  "word": "掛羊頭賣狗肉"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄧㄤˊ ㄊㄡˊ ㄇㄞˋ ㄍㄡˇ ㄖㄡˋ"
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      "ipa": "/ku̯ä⁵¹ jɑŋ³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ maɪ̯⁵¹ koʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹/",
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        "Guangdong-Romanization"
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      "zh-pron": "gua³ yêng⁴ teo⁴ mai⁶ geo² yug⁶"
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      "ipa": "/kʷaː³³ jœːŋ²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ maːi̯²² kɐu̯³⁵ jʊk̚²/",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʷaː³³ jœːŋ²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹ maːi̯²² kɐu̯³⁵ jʊk̚²/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "yángtóugǒuròu",
      "word": "羊頭狗肉／羊头狗肉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xuán yángtóu mài gǒuròu",
      "word": "懸羊頭賣狗肉／悬羊头卖狗肉"
    },
    {
      "word": "掛羊頭煮狗肉／挂羊头煮狗肉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yángtóugǒuròu",
      "word": "羊頭狗肉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yángtóugǒuròu",
      "word": "羊头狗肉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xuán yángtóu mài gǒuròu",
      "word": "懸羊頭賣狗肉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xuán yángtóu mài gǒuròu",
      "word": "悬羊头卖狗肉"
    },
    {
      "word": "掛羊頭煮狗肉"
    },
    {
      "word": "挂羊头煮狗肉"
    }
  ],
  "word": "掛羊頭賣狗肉"
}

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