Jìzhě jiēlù le zhèjiā gōngsī yíhuā-jiēmù, tōuhuàn gàiniàn de jìliǎng.
The reporter exposed the company's trick of swapping in fake concepts to mislead the public.
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history
From Ling Mengchu's 《二刻拍案惊奇》 (late Ming): a chapter titled 'A Female Scholar Pulls a Move 移花接木' tells of a woman pretending to be a male candidate to take a man's exam in his place. The idiom kept that 'crafty substitution' meaning.
usage
Almost always negative: fakery, plagiarism, doctored photos, bait-and-switch tactics. Not for honest grafting in horticulture, despite the literal meaning.
