拖刀背砍計

See also: 拖刀背砍计

Chinese

		dragging (brush stroke in painting); to drag along	knife	learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder	to chop	to calculate; to compute; to count to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan
trad. (拖刀背砍計)		拖	刀	背	砍	計
simp. (拖刀背砍计)		拖	刀	背	砍	计

Etymology

Literally: the trick of lowering one's sword, then cutting down (the enemy to) one's rear

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tuō dāo bèi kǎn jì

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄛ ㄉㄠ ㄅㄟˋ ㄎㄢˇ ㄐㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tuō dāo bèi kǎn jì
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄛ ㄉㄠ ㄅㄟˋ ㄎㄢˇ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tuo dao bèi kǎn jì
    • Wade–Giles: tʻo¹ tao¹ pei⁴ kʻan³ chi⁴
    • Yale: twō dāu bèi kǎn jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tuo dau bey kaan jih
    • Palladius: то дао бэй кань цзи (to dao bɛj kanʹ czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯ɔ⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯⁵⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹ kʰän²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi⁵¹/

Noun

拖刀背砍計

1. (archaic) a ploy whereby one feigns defeat in order to entice the enemy to give chase, then suddenly turning to attack, while the enemy is still off-guard

Synonyms

• 拖刀計／拖刀计