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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 dou·ble-deal·ing /ˌdʌbəlˈdilɪŋ/
 兩面派

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Dou·ble deal·ing, dou·ble-deal·ing False or deceitful dealing; acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another. See Double dealing, under Dealing.
 Syn: -- duplicity.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 double-dealing
      adj : marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending
            one set of feelings and acting under the influence of
            another; "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"-
            Israel Zangwill; "a double-dealing double agent"; "a
            double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"-
            W.M.Thackeray [syn: ambidextrous, deceitful, duplicitous,
             Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tongued]
      n : acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain
          one set of intentions while acting under the influence of
          another [syn: duplicity]