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51 Cards in this Set
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Loot a burning house
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趁火大劫chèn huǒ dà jié
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Fake left go right
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shēngdōngjīxī
声东击西 |
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murderous intent behind smiles.
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xiào lǐ cáng dāo
笑里藏刀 |
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Take advantage of a good opportunity.
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shùn shuǐ tuī zhōu
顺水推舟 |
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Strike while the iron is hot.
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chèn rè dǎ tiě
趁热打铁 |
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Meet fire with fire.
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以毒攻毒 yǐdúgōngdú
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hanging onto another's coat tail.
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狐假虎威 hújiǎhǔwēi
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destroy sb. by taking advantage of the conflict with a third party
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借刀杀人 jièdāoshārén
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lure the enemy away from his base
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调虎离山diàohǔlíshān id.
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sex trap; sexual entrapment
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美人计 měirénjì n.
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You get what you pay for.
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一分钱一分货yī fēn qián yī fēn huò
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To catch bandits, first catch the ringleader
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擒贼擒王 qín zéi qín wáng
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undefended city stratagem; bluff
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空城计kōng chéng jì n.
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learn from one's mistakes
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吃一堑长一智 chī yī qiàn -zhǎng yī zhì
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bite off more than one can chew
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贪多嚼不烂 tān duō jiáo bu làn v.p.
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make off with sth.
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顺手牵羊shùn shǒu qiān yáng id.
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penny wise and dollar foolish
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因小失大 yīn xiǎo shī dà f.e.
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stratagem of sowing dissension/ divide and conquer
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反间计 fǎn jiàn jì
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Practice deception
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满天过海 mǎn tiān guò hǎi
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The wise appears dumb.
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大智若愚 dà zhì ruò yú f.e.
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①confidence game ②feigning self-sacrifice to win confidence
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苦肉计 kǔ ròu jì n.
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①inadvertently alert an enemy/opponent ②punish sb. as a warning to others
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打草惊蛇 dǎ cǎo jīng shé id.
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purely fictitious; fabricated; make something out of nothing.
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无中生有
wú zhōng shēng yǒu f.e. |
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interlocked stratagems; no huddle offense.
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连环计 lián huán jì n.
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fish in troubled waters
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混水摸鱼
hún shuǐ mō yú id. |
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Golden cicada sheds its shell.
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金蝉托壳 jīn chán tuō ké
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f.e. loosen reins the better to tighten them
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欲擒故纵 yù qín gù zòng
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be friends with distant states while attacking those nearby
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远交近攻
yuǎn jiāo jìn gōng f.e. |
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insatiable
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得寸进尺
dé cùn jìn chǐ |
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wait for the enemy to exhaust himself
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以逸待劳
yǐ yì dài láo |
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id. ①〈humb.〉 offer banal/humble remarks to spark abler talk by others ②sacrifice a little to gain much
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抛砖引玉
pāo zhuān yǐn yù |
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Borrow the road to Hu.
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假道伐hu2
jiǎ dào fá hú |
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use the least expected route to attack.
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暗度陈沧
àn dù chén cāng |
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f.e. relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers
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围魏救赵 wéi wèi jiù zhào
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id. view sb.'s trouble with indifference
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隔岸观火 gé'àn guān huǒ
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①substitute one thing for another ②sacrifice oneself for another
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李代桃僵 lǐ dài táo jiāng f.e.
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f.e. ①revive in a new guise (of sth. evil) ②reincarnate in sb. else's body
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借尸还魂 jiè shī huán hún
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id. ①Take drastic meansures to deal with situation ②pull the carpet from under sb.
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釜底抽薪 fǔ dǐ chōu xīn
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id. perpetrate a fraud
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偷梁换柱 tōu liáng huàn zhù
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f.e. use softness to overcome hardness
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以柔克刚 yǐ róu kè gāng
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make oblique accusations; scold sb. indirectly
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指桑骂槐 zhǐ sāng mà huái
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Act crazy but not really crazy. feign madness
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假痴不颠 jiǎ chī bù diān
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play the fool/madman
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装疯卖傻
zhuāng fēng mài shǎ |
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pretend to be deaf and dumb; pretend to be ignorant of sth.
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装聋作哑
zhuāng lóng zuò yǎ |
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bosom buddies, girl and boy
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红颜知己hóng yán zhī jǐ
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attack/criticize A to warn B
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杀鸡给猴看
shā jī gěi hóu kàn id. |
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Make someone believe you can do something you can't, or are something your not.
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树上开花 shù shàng kāi huā
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leave sb. in the lurch
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上屋抽梯 shàng wū chōu tī id.
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catch a thief by closing his escape route
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关门捉贼
guān mén zhuō zéi f.e. |
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f.e. skill comes from practice, practice makes perfect
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熟能生巧 shú néng shēng qiǎo
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Failure is the mother of success.
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失败成功之母
shī bài chéng gōng zhī mǔ |
