緩兵之計

delaying tactics / stalling / measures to stave off an attack / stratagem to win a respite

delaying tactics; stalling; measures to stave off an attack; stratagem to win a respite

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it

soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL:個|个[ge4]

slow / unhurried / sluggish / gradual / not tense / relaxed / to postpone / to defer / to stall / to stave off / to revive / to recuperate

surname Ji

to calculate / to compute / to count / to regard as important / to plan / ruse / meter / gauge