空城计
Traditional form:
空城計
Pinyin (reading):
kōngchéngjì
Definitions:
- 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:
- 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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