苦肉计

Traditional form:

苦肉計

Pinyin (reading):

kǔròujì

Definitions:

• the trick of injuring oneself to gain the enemy's confidence
• CL:條／条 (tiáo)

Characters:

• 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering
• 肉 - meat; flesh
• 计 - to calculate, to count; to plan, to reckon; plot, scheme

Traditional characters:

• 苦 - bitter; hardship, suffering
• 肉 - meat; flesh
• 計 - to calculate, to count; to plan, to reckon; plot, scheme