以假乱真 (yǐ jiǎ luàn zhēn) | Meaning: (idiom) to pass off the fake as genuine; to blur the line between fake and real so convincingly that the fake is mistaken for the real thing | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

apparently right but actually wrong; specious (idiom)似是而非sì shì ér fēi

to pass off fish eyes for pearls · to pass off fake products as genuine (idiom)鱼目混珠yú mù hùn zhū

to feign · to pretend to be · to pass oneself off as冒充mào chōng

lifelike · true to life · distinctly · clearly逼真bī zhēn

lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column · to replace the original with a fake · to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)偷梁换柱tōu liáng huàn zhù

(idiom) to pass off the fake as genuine; to blur the line between fake and real so convincingly that the fake is mistaken for the real thing