唱空城计

chàng kōng chéng jì

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Définitions

  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

Mots composant 唱空城计

唱
chàng

to sing

城
chéng

city walls

空
kōng

empty

空
kòng

to empty

计
jì

to calculate

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)