"Tactics" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 策略 | cè lu:è | strategy / tactics / crafty / adroit |   |
| 战术 | zhàn shù | tactics | |
| 权谋 | quán móu | trickery / tactics | |
| 兵法 | bīng fǎ | art of war / military strategy and tactics | |
| 纸上谈兵 | zhǐ shàng tán bīng | lit. military tactics on paper (idiom) / fig. theoretical discussion that is worse than useless in practice / armchair strategist / idle theorizing / cf Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括[Zhao4 Kuo4] leading an army of 400,000 to total annihilation at battle of Changping 長平之戰|长平之战[Chang2 ping2 zhi1 Zhan4] in 260 BC | |
| 韬略 | tāo lu:è | military strategy / military tactics / originally refers to military classics Six Secret Teachings 六韜|六韬[Liu4 tao1] and Three Strategies 三略[San1 lu:e4] | |
| 八卦阵 | bā guà zhèn | eight-trigram battle array / (fig.) mystifying tactics | |
| 缓兵之计 | huǎn bīng zhī jì | delaying tactics / stalling / measures to stave off an attack / stratagem to win a respite | |
| 故伎 | gù jì | usual trick / old tactics | |
| 拖延战术 | tuō yán zhàn shù | delaying tactics / deliberate procrastination | |
| 蜂拥战术 | swarming / swarm tactics | | |
| 阻挠战术 | obstructionist tactics | | |
| 特种武器和战术 | special weapons and tactics | | |
| 小部队战术 | small-unit tactics | | |
| 软刀子 | ruǎn dāo zi | (lit.) the soft knife / (fig.) underhanded tactics / devious means of attack | |
| 龙韬 | lóng tāo | military strategy and tactics / the imperial guard | |
| 拖字诀 | tuō zì jué | delaying tactics | |
