1.瞞天過海crossing the sea under camouflage 2.圍魏救趙relieving the state of Zhao by besieging the state of Wei 3.借刀殺人killing someone with a borrowed knife 4.以逸待勞waiting at one’s ease for the exhausted enemy 5.趁火打劫plundering a burning house 6.聲東擊西making a feint to the east and attacking in the west 7.無中生有creating something out of nothing 8.暗渡陳倉advancing secretly by an unknown path 9.隔岸觀火watching a fire from the other side of the river 10.笑里藏刀covering the dagger with a smile 11.李代桃僵palming off substitute for the real thing 12.順手牽羊picking up something in passing 13.打草驚蛇beating the grass to frighten the snake 14.借尸還魂resurrecting a dead soul by borrowing a corpse 15.調(diào)虎離山luring the tiger out of his den 16.欲擒故縱letting the enemy off in order to catch him 17.拋磚引玉giving the enemy something to induce him to lose more valuable things 18.擒賊擒王capturing the ringleader first in order to capture all the followers 19.釜底抽薪extracting the firewood from under the cauldron 20.混水摸魚muddling the water to catch the fish; fishing in troubled waters 21.金蟬脫殼slipping away by casting off a cloak; getting away like the cicada sloughing its skin 22.關(guān)門捉賊catching the thief by closing / blocking his escape route 23.遠(yuǎn)交近攻befriending the distant enemy while attacking a nearby enemy 24.假途伐虢attacking the enemy by passing through a common neighbor 25.偷梁換柱stealing the beams and pillars and replacing them with rotten timbers 26.指桑罵槐reviling/ abusing the locust tree while pointing to the mulberry 27.假癡不癲feigning madness without becoming insane 28.上屋抽梯removing the ladder after the enemy has climbed up the roof 29.樹上開花putting artificial flowers on trees 30.反客為主turning from the guest into the host 31.美人計using seductive women to corrupt the enemy 32.空城計presenting a bold front to conceal unpreparedness 33.反間計sowing discord among the enemy 34.苦肉計deceiving the enemy by torturing one’s own man 35.連環(huán)計coordinating one stratagem with another 36.走為上decamping being the best; running away as the best choice |
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