- 三十六计 sānshíliùjì Thirty-Six StratagemsThe collective name for a famous set of Chinese military and political tactics; also used to mean all possible schemes or a wide variety of tricks. The final and most well-known tactic in this set is [[走为上计|走為上計|zou3 wei2 shang4 ji4]].
- 三十六行 sānshíliùháng all walks of lifeall sorts of occupations; every conceivable line of work
- 三十六字母 sānshíliùzìmǔ thirty-six initial consonantsA set of thirty-six representative characters used to denote the initial consonant sounds of Chinese during the Tang and Song dynasties.
- 三十六天罡 sānshíliùtiāngāng Thirty-Six Heavenly SpiritsThe thirty-six deities or stars of the Big Dipper in Taoism; also used in literature to represent the thirty-six leaders of the Liangshan Marsh in the novel "Water Margin"
- 三十六计，走为上策 sānshíliùjìzǒuwéishàngcè of the thirty-six stratagems, the best option is to fleeUsed when a situation has become hopeless or unmanageable to suggest that leaving or running away is the best course of action; also written as [[三十六计，走为上计|三十六計，走為上計|san1 shi2 liu4 ji4 zou3 wei2 shang4 ji4]].
- 三十六计，走为上计 sānshíliùjìzǒuwéishàngjì fleeing is the best optionThe best thing to do when a situation is hopeless is to leave; of the thirty-six stratagems, running away is the best one.
