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空城計

空
空
城
城
计
計
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) / double bluff

Characters and words in 空城計

空
kōng = ku + (e)ng1
empty / air / sky / in vain
Add a new mnemonic for 空 = 工 + 穴
空
kòng = ku + (e)ng4
to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time
Add a new mnemonic for 空 = 工 + 穴
城
chéng = ch + (e)ng2
city walls / city / town / CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]
Add a new mnemonic for 城 = 土 + 成
计
計
jì = ji + Ø4
surname Ji
Add a new mnemonic for 计 = 十 + 讠
Add a new mnemonic for 計 = 言 + 十
计
計
jì = ji + Ø4
to calculate / to compute / to count / to regard as important / to plan / ruse / meter / gauge
Add a new mnemonic for 计 = 十 + 讠
Add a new mnemonic for 計 = 言 + 十

Words with 空城計

唱空城計
唱
唱
空
空
城
城
计
計
lit. to sing “The Empty City Stratagem” (idiom) / fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness / (jocular) (of a place etc) to be empty / (of one's stomach) to be rumbling

Sentences with 空城計

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