声东击西

声东击西 [shēng dōng jī xī]

1. ■ make a feint to the east but attack in the west; An attack is made in one direction to divert attention from the quarter where the real attack is to be made.; conceal (their) intentions and strike where (they) will; feint and pretend to go east while in reality attacking west; look one way and row another; make a feint in the east while actually attacking in the west; make a noise in the east while attacking in the west; pretend to aim at one target while really shooting at another; sell the dummy; sham attack to deceive an opponent or to divert his attention; shoot at a pigeon and kill a crow