朝三暮四 zhāo sān mù sì

zhāo sān mù sì set phrase three [chestnuts] in the morning and four in the evening
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Notes: Refers to a sneaky trick to get somebody to agree to soemthing based on a story of a monkey trainer who promised his monkeys three chestnuts in the morning and four in the evening (CC-CEDICT '朝三暮四'; Guoyu '朝三暮四'; Mathews 1931 '朝三暮四', p. 26)

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