瞒天过海 / 瞞天過海
mán tiān guò hǎi
Meaning
- to cross the sea by a trick (idiom)
- to achieve one's aim by underhanded means
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。
要是他沒有下令做這個調查她本可以瞞天過海好多年。
yào shì tā méi yǒu xià lìng zuò zhè ge diào chá tā běn kě yǐ mán tiān guò hǎi hǎo duō nián。
She could have kept this a secret for many years if he hadn't ordered the investigation.