"Stratagem" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 计较 | jì jiào | to bother about / to haggle / to bicker / to argue / plan / stratagem |   |
| 机关 | jī guān | mechanism / gear / machine-operated / office / agency / organ / organization / establishment / institution / body / stratagem / scheme / intrigue / plot / trick / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 计谋 | jì móu | stratagem / scheme | |
| 谋略 | móu lu:è | stratagem / strategy / resourcefulness | |
| 计策 | jì cè | stratagem | |
| 路数 | lù shù | stratagem / method / approach / (martial arts) movement / social connections / (sb's) background story | |
| 机谋 | jī móu | stratagem / scheme / shrewdness | |
| 谞 |  xū | (literary) ability and wisdom / scheme / stratagem | |
| 策谋 | cè móu | stratagem (political or military) / trick | |
| 谋计 | móu jì | stratagem / scheme | |
| 胜算 | shèng suàn | odds of success / stratagem that ensures success / to be sure of success | |
| 权宜之计 | quán yí zhī jì | plan of convenience (idiom) / stop-gap measure / makeshift stratagem / interim step | |
| 反间计 | fǎn jiàn jì | stratagem of sowing dissension / CL:條|条[tiao2] | |
| 暗渡陈仓 | àn dù Chén cāng | lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion | |
| 空城计 | kōng chéng jì | the empty city stratagem (in which Zhuge Liang presents himself as unperturbed while making it evident that his city is undefended, hoping his adversary will suspect an ambush) / double bluff | |
| 迷魂阵 | mí hún zhèn | stratagem to trap sb / to bewitch and trap | |
| 权宜之策 | quán yí zhī cè | stratagem of convenience (idiom) / stop-gap measure / makeshift plan / interim step | |
| 缓兵之计 | huǎn bīng zhī jì | delaying tactics / stalling / measures to stave off an attack / stratagem to win a respite | |
| 故伎重演 | gù jì chóng yǎn | to repeat an old stratagem / up to one's old tricks | |
| 木马计 | mù mǎ jì | wooden horse stratagem (cf Trojan horse) | |
| 司马昭之心路人所知 | Sī mǎ Zhāo zhī xīn lù rén suǒ zhī | Sima Zhao's stratagem is obvious to everyone / fig. an open secret | |
| 明修栈道，暗渡陈仓 | míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng | lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu) / fig. to feign one thing while doing another / to cheat under cover of a diversion | |
| 用计 | yòng jì | to employ a stratagem | |
