空城计

kōng chéng jì

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Definitions

  1. 1. 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)
  2. 2. double bluff

Words Containing 空城计

唱空城计
chàng kōng chéng jì

lit. to sing “The Empty City Stratagem” (idiom)

Child Words of 空城计

城
chéng

city walls

空
kōng

empty

空
kòng

to empty

计
jì

to calculate