唱空城计
Traditional form:
唱空城計
Pinyin (reading):
chàngkōngchéngjì
Definitions:
- 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
Characters:
- 唱 - to sing, to chant, to call; ditty, song
- 空 - hollow, empty, deserted, bare
- 城 - castle, city, town; municipality
- 计 - to calculate, to count; to plan, to reckon; plot, scheme
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