尔虞我诈

lit. you hoodwink me and I cheat you (idiom) / fig. each tries to outwit the other / deceit and treachery

Characters and words in 尔虞我诈

variant of 爾|尔[er3]
thus / so / like that / you / thou

= + : Mnemonic symbol derived from the components: a peace dove. Albert Einstein (Ø) wants to send a message of peace to earth from the space station's living room (Ø3). He wanted to give a dove (尔) a daisy (小) so that it can bring it to earth, but the dove is late! Albert has no choice but to give it to a passing crane (⺈) instead. Thus, the crane flies to earth with the daisy in his beak, just like a peace dove.
surname Yu
to expect / to anticipate / to worry / to cheat
I; me; my

= + : I (我) find Willy Walrus (w) lying motionless in the observatory's living room (o3), and there's a dagger-axe (戈) sticking right in his chest. I (我) try to pull it out while wearing a baseball glove (手).
to cheat / to swindle / to pretend / to feign / to draw sb out / to try to extract information by deceit or bluff

= + : As James II of England (zh) is using the ashram's bathroom (a4) he studies an advertising column (讠) next to him which urges him to get a Mohawk haircut (乍). After a while he realizes it is just a scheme to deceive (诈) him into giving up his hair so that they can get is DNA.

Words with 尔虞我诈

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Sentences with 尔虞我诈

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