"Selling dog meat on a sheep's head" is a metaphor for using a good name as a cover to actually do bad things.

It also generally refers to using a good name to deceive people, but the name is not true.

1. Pinyin guà yángtóu mài gǒuròu.

2. Interpretation: It is a metaphor for using a good name as a cover to actually do bad things.

It also generally refers to using a good name to deceive people, but the name is not true.

This idiom is often used as a predicate or attributive in a sentence; it has a derogatory meaning.

It is also said that "hanging a sheep's head sells dog meat."

3. The source is "Yan Zi Chun Qiu Nei Pian Miscellaneous Part 6": "The king keeps it inside but keeps it outside, just like hanging an ox's head on the door and selling horse meat (one word for "preserved meat") inside."

The sentence "hanging an ox's head to sell horse meat" evolved into "hanging a sheep's head to sell dog meat" in the Song Dynasty.

4. Synonyms: Substituting one thing for another, a Chinese idiom, pronounced as tōu liáng huàn zhù, it is the twenty-fifth of the thirty-six strategies, which means a metaphor for playing tricks in secret, substituting falsehood for truth, and substituting inferiority for excellence.

Chapter 97 of "Dream of Red Mansions" by Cao Xueqin of the Qing Dynasty: "Sister Feng came up with a plan to change the pillars. It was not easy for her to go to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, and she was unable to lose the love of sisters. It is really pitiful." Explanation of the saying: This is

The reason why the idiom is stereotyped as "hanging a sheep's head" may be closely related to the Chinese food culture's custom of using sheep as a delicacy.

Sheep are one of the first animals that humans began to hunt, tame, and raise.

"Shuowen" interprets "sheep" as "auspicious", and "xiang" means blessing.

Some Chinese characters that are combined with "sheep" are also mostly related to delicious food, such as the word for "fresh", the word for "geng", and the word for "馐".

Precisely because sheep are both auspicious and delicacies, once you buy dog ??meat under a sign with a sheep head, you will feel like you have been deceived.

This may be the reason why "selling dog meat at the expense of a sheep's head" later derived metaphorical meanings such as fraud and deceit.

When an executive order is implemented, the person who implements it from above ignores the order, but instead makes a great noise and fanfare below to demand the people to implement it one by one. This kind of measure will inevitably fail to convince the people.

To change this loose situation, even if the punishment is increased, it will still not help.

Qi Linggong wanted to ban women from wearing men's clothing throughout the country, but he encountered many bumps in the road and could not implement it smoothly. It was precisely for this reason.

As a teacher and a parent, when educating students and children, you must first do a good job yourself, so that your words and deeds can be convincing, and then the recipients will obey with conviction.