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减灶
jiǎn​zào

to feint weakness

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
减灶 減灶 jiǎn//zào
to feint weakness
To feign a decline or weakness by reducing the number of cooking fires in a military camp, a deceptive tactic used to lure an enemy into a trap; based on a historical strategy by the general 孙膑 sūn​bìn.