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唱空城计

chàng kōng chéng jì

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 唱空城计

空
kōng

empty

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)

城
chéng

city walls

空
kòng

to empty

唱
chàng

to sing

计
jì

to calculate