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1.瞒天过海crossing the sea under camouflage <BR><BR>2.围魏救赵relieving the state of Zhao by besieging the state of Wei <BR><BR>3.借刀杀人killing someone with a borrowed knife <BR><BR>4.以逸待劳waiting at one’s ease for the exhausted enemy <BR><BR>5.趁火打劫plundering a burning house <BR><BR>6.声东击西making a feint to the east and attacking in the west <BR><BR>7.无中生有creating something out of nothing <BR><BR>8.暗渡陈仓advancing secretly by an unknown path <BR><BR>9.隔岸观火watching a fire from the other side of the river <BR><BR>10.笑里藏刀covering the dagger with a smile <BR><BR>11.李代桃僵palming off substitute for the real thing <BR><BR>12.顺手牵羊picking up something in passing <BR><BR>13.打草惊蛇beating the grass to frighten the snake <BR><BR>14.借尸还魂resurrecting a dead soul by borrowing a corpse <BR><BR>15.调虎离山luring the tiger out of his den <BR><BR>16.欲擒故纵letting the enemy off in order to catch him <BR><BR>17.抛砖引玉giving the enemy something to induce him to lose more valuable things <BR><BR>18.擒贼擒王capturing the ringleader first in order to capture all the followers <BR><BR>19.釜底抽薪extracting the firewood from under the cauldron <BR><BR>20.混水摸鱼muddling the water to catch the fish; fishing in troubled waters <BR><BR>21.金蝉脱壳slipping away by casting off a cloak; getting away like the cicada sloughing its skin <BR><BR>22.关门捉贼catching the thief by closing / blocking his escape route <BR><BR>23.远交近攻befriending the distant enemy while attacking a nearby enemy <BR><BR>24.假途伐虢attacking the enemy by passing through a common neighbor <BR><BR>25.偷梁换柱stealing the beams and pillars and replacing them with rotten timbers <BR><BR>26.指桑骂槐reviling/ abusing the locust tree while pointing to the mulberry <BR><BR>27.假痴不癫feigning madness without becoming insane <BR><BR>28.上屋抽梯removing the ladder after the enemy has climbed up the roof <BR><BR>29.树上开花putting artificial flowers on trees <BR><BR>30.反客为主turning from the guest into the host <BR><BR>31.美人计using seductive women to corrupt the enemy <BR><BR>32.空城计presenting a bold front to conceal unpreparedness <BR><BR>33.反间计sowing discord among the enemy <BR><BR>34.苦肉计deceiving the enemy by torturing one’s own man <BR><BR>35.连环计coordinating one stratagem with another <BR><BR>36.走为上decamping being the best; running away as the best choice |
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