Interpretation: Hanging a sheep head, but selling dog meat. Metaphor is to make a cover in the name of goodness, but in fact it is not worthy of the name or does bad things; Metaphor is duplicity.
Source: Puji's "Five Lights Meeting Yuan" Volume 16: "Hanging sheep's head to sell dog meat, bad is backward, and the first few are ruined." ?
Vernacular translation: hanging sheep's head, but selling dog meat, filling up the good and filling up the bad, if this continues, good things will soon disappear.
Language: complex sentences; As predicate and complement; Of a name that is not true.
For example, these "online doctors" sell sheep's heads and dog meat, seeing a doctor is fake, and selling medicine is true.
Allusions:
Qi Gongling likes women to dress up as men, and women all over the country wear men's clothes. Gong Ling officials banned and pointed out: "Women disguised as men will tear clothes and belts." Although people have seen people tearing clothes and belts, it is still impossible to ban them.
When Yan Zi appeared in front of the audience, Gong Ling asked, "I sent officials to forbid women to dress up as men and tear their clothes and belts, but I couldn't stop seeing them with my own eyes." Why? "
Yan Zi replied: "You let the women in the palace wear men's clothes, but it is forbidden to wear men's clothes outside the palace, just like hanging a cow's head at the door and selling horse meat inside." Why don't you let the women in the palace not wear men's clothes, so that no one dares to wear them outside. "
Gong Ling said, "Very good." Women are told not to dress up as men in the palace. A month later, there were no more women disguised as men in this country.
Extended data:
The antonym of selling dog meat is worthy of the name.
True to its name, the pronunciation of míng fíqíshí, reputation or title (number) is consistent with reality. Deputy: consistent and commensurate with each other; Its: demonstrative pronoun, equivalent to "that" and "that"; Reality: reality.
Source: Han Cao's "Talking with Pen": "Jun's bath virtue, flowing in the state, loyal to his merits, beauty is the world, worthy of the name."
The monarch cultivates himself by virtue, enjoys a high reputation in his own country, and is sure to achieve something. His reputation or name conforms to reality and far exceeds others.
Usage: subject-predicate type; As predicate and attribute; With praise, it means that the name is consistent with the reality.
We came to this special restaurant and tasted their signature dishes. Everyone sincerely praised their signature dishes.
Baidu encyclopedia-selling dog meat by hanging sheep's head
Baidu encyclopedia-worthy of the name