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欺 [qī]
1. (verb) Fraud, deception.
1. Fraud, deception: to cheat, to defraud, to deceive, to mislead, to slander, to deceive falsely, to trick; "童叟无欺" (No one is cheated, whether young or old).
2. (verb) Oppression, insult.
1. Oppression, insult: to oppress, to insult, to bully, to mistreat; "欺负" (to bully).
3. (verb) Deceive; cheat.
1. Same as original meaning ([En.] deceive; cheat).
4. (verb) Fraud, employing cunning and deceitful means to deceive ([En.] blackmail; fraud).
5. (verb) Oppression; bullying ([En.] bully).
引 (examples/quotations):
1. From "说文": "欺" means to deceive.
2. From "贾子道术": "仁义修立谓之任,反任为欺" (Establishing righteousness is called responsibility; doing the opposite is deceit).
3. From "京房易传": "禄不遂行兹谓欺" (If one's salary is not forthcoming, it is called deceit).
4. From "史记·廉颇蔺相如列传": "徒见欺" (Only to be seen as deceitful).
5. Example: "尚不相欺" (Still not deceiving each other).
6. Usage: "为欺也" (For being deceitful).
7. Example: "欺诳" (deceive and mislead); "欺上罔下" (to deceive those above and conceal the truth from those below); "欺天罔人" (to deceive heaven and people).
8. Example: "欺压" (to oppress) (唐·杜甫: "南村群童欺我老无力...").
形 (adjective):
1. From "列子·仲尼": "果若欺魄焉,而不可与接" (As if to deceive the spirit, and thus cannot be engaged with).
cheating neither old nor young (idiom); treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously / Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike.
conceal the true state of affairs from above and below oneself / bully those below one and hoodwink those above / deceive one's superiors and delude one's subordinates