空城計
Chinese edit
abandoned city; empty city | to calculate; to compute; to count to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan | ||
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trad. (空城計) | 空城 | 計 | |
simp. (空城计) | 空城 | 计 |
Etymology edit
Stratagem #32 in the Thirty-Six Stratagems.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
空城計
- Empty Fort Strategy (strategy to deceive the enemy into thinking that an empty location is full of traps and ambushes)
- (figurative) hungry stomach
Derived terms edit
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | ||
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空 | 城 | 計 |
くう Grade: 1 |
じょう Grade: 4 |
けい Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- Empty Fort Strategy (strategy to deceive the enemy into thinking that an empty location is full of traps and ambushes)
Korean edit
Hanja in this term | ||
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空 | 城 | 計 |
Noun edit
空城計 • (gongseonggye) (hangeul 공성계)
- Hanja form? of 공성계 (“Empty Fort Strategy”).
Vietnamese edit
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | ||
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空 | 城 | 計 |
Noun edit
空城計
- chữ Hán form of không thành kế (“Empty Fort Strategy”).