羊頭を掲げて狗肉を売る
ようとうをかかげてくにくをうる
Meanings
- Expression, Godan verb to cry wine and sell vinegar; to do deceptive advertisement (literally: to put up a sheep's head and sell dog meat)
Kanji
- 羊 sheep. Read as ヨウ.
- 頭 head. Read as トウ.
- 掲 post. Read as かかげる.
- 狗 puppy; dog
- 肉 meat. Read as ニク.
- 売 sell. Read as うる.