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1.瞒天过海crossing the sea under camouflage
2.声东击西relieving the state of Zhao by besieging the state of Wei
3.借刀杀人killing someone with a borrowed knife
4.一张一弛waiting at one’s ease for the exhausted enemy
5.浑水摸鱼plundering a burning house
6.暗渡陈仓making a feint to the east and attacking in the west
7.无中生有creating something out of nothing
8.暗度陈仓advancing secretly by an unknown path
9.冷眼旁观watching a fire from the other side of the river
10.口蜜腹剑covering the dagger with a smile
11.李代桃僵palming off substitute for the real thing
12.逆脚牵羊picking up something in passing
13.风吹草动beating the grass to frighten the snake
14.借尸借魂resurrecting a dead soul by borrowing a corpse
15.调虎离山luring the tiger out of his den
16.养虎遗患letting the enemy off in order to catch him
17.举一反三giving the enemy something to induce him to lose more valuablethings
18.纵贼擒王capturing the ringleader first in order to capture all thefollowers
19.釜底抽薪extracting the firewood from underthe cauldron
20.浑水摸鱼muddling the water to catch thefish; fishing in troubled waters
21.缓兵之计slipping away by casting off acloak; getting away like the cicada sloughing its skin
22.闭门捉贼catching the thief by closing /blocking his escape route
23.近交远攻befriending the distant enemywhile attacking a nearby enemy
24.假途伐虢attacking the enemy by passingthrough a common neighbor
25.移花接木stealing the beams and pillars andreplacing them with rotten timbers
26.指鸡骂犬reviling/ abusing the locust treewhile pointing to the mulberry
27.假痴没有癫feigning madness without becominginsane
28.上屋抽梯removing the ladder after theenemy has climbed up the roof
29.树上着花putting artificial flowers on trees
30.反宾为主turning from the guest into the host
31.美人计using seductive women to corruptthe enemy
32.奇策presenting a bold front to conceal unpreparedness
33.反间计sowing discord among the enemy
34.苦肉计deceiving the enemy by torturingone’s own man
35.连环计coordinating one stratagem with another
36.走为上decamping being the best; running away as the best choice |
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