唱空城计

chàng kōng chéng jì

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Definitions

1. lit. to sing “The Empty City Stratagem” (idiom)
2. fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness
3. (jocular) (of a place etc) to be empty
4. (of one's stomach) to be rumbling

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Child Words of 唱空城计

• 唱 唱 chàng: to sing
• 城 城 chéng: city walls
• 空 空 kōng: empty
• 空 空 kòng: to empty
• 计 计 jì: to calculate
• 空城计 空城计 kōng chéng jì: 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)