| 诸葛亮 | Zhū gě Liàng | Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1guo2 Yan3yi4], where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind | ![]() |
| 主谋 | zhǔ móu | mastermind / ringleader / lead plotter | ![]() |
| 主使 | zhǔ shǐ | to mastermind / to orchestrate / to instigate / mastermind / instigator | ![]() |
| 智多星 | zhì duō xīng | resourceful person / mastermind | ![]() |
