掉包 diào bāo

to sell a fake for the genuine article; to palm off

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 26167th word

Definitions

  1. 1. to sell a fake for the genuine article
  2. 2. to palm off
  3. 3. to steal sb's valuable item and substitute a similar-looking but worthless item

Characters

Character Meaning
掉 diào HSK 4
off; to drop or fall; to lose
包 bāo HSK 3
bag; to wrap; to include