"stratagem" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 计较 計較 | to bother about / to haggle / to bicker / to argue / plan / stratagem | syn | |
| 谞 諝 | (literary) ability and wisdom / scheme / stratagem | ||
| 机关 機關 | mechanism / gear / machine-operated / office / agency / organ / organization / establishment / institution / body / stratagem / scheme / intrigue / plot / trick / CL:個|个[ge4] | syn | |
| 计谋 計謀 | stratagem / scheme | syn | |
| 谋略 謀略 | stratagem / strategy / resourcefulness | syn | |
| 计策 計策 | stratagem | syn | |
| 路数 路數 | stratagem / method / approach / (martial arts) movement / social connections / (sb's) background story | syn | |
| 机谋 機謀 | stratagem / scheme / shrewdness | syn | |
| 策谋 策謀 | stratagem (political or military) / trick | ||
| 谋计 謀計 | stratagem / scheme | syn |
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 唱空城计 唱空城計 | lit. to sing "The Empty City Stratagem" (idiom) / fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness / (jocular) (of a place etc) to be empty / (of one's stomach) to be rumbling | ||
| 胜算 勝算 | odds of success / stratagem that ensures success / to be sure of success | ||
| 权宜之计 權宜之計 | plan of convenience (idiom) / stop-gap measure / makeshift stratagem / interim step | ||
| 反间计 反間計 | stratagem of sowing dissension / CL:條|条[tiao2] | ||
| 暗渡陈仓 暗渡陳倉 | lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion | ||
| 空城计 空城計 | the empty city stratagem (in which Zhuge Liang presents himself as unperturbed while making it evident that his city is undefended, hoping his adversary will suspect an ambush) / double bluff | ||
| 迷魂阵 迷魂陣 | stratagem to trap sb / to bewitch and trap | ||
| 权宜之策 權宜之策 | stratagem of convenience (idiom) / stop-gap measure / makeshift plan / interim step | ||
| 缓兵之计 緩兵之計 | delaying tactics / stalling / measures to stave off an attack / stratagem to win a respite | ||
| 故伎重演 | to repeat an old stratagem / up to one's old tricks | syn | |
| 木马计 木馬計 | wooden horse stratagem (cf Trojan horse) | ||
| 司马昭之心路人所知 司馬昭之心路人所知 | Sima Zhao's stratagem is obvious to everyone / fig. an open secret | ||
| 明修栈道，暗渡陈仓 明修棧道，暗渡陳倉 | lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion | ||
| 用计 用計 | to employ a stratagem |