sān​shí​liù​jì

Thirty-Six Stratagems

  • created sense approved 三十六计/三十六計 · sān​shí​liù​jì · Thirty-Six Stratagems — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    三十六计 / 三十六計

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    Thirty-Six Stratagems

    The 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 (literal) → 三十六 · sān​shí​liù · thirty-six 计 (literal) → 计/計 · jì · plan

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  • created sense approved 三十六计/三十六計 · sān​shí​liù​jì · running away — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    三十六计 / 三十六計

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    running away

    shorthand for the proverb "of the thirty-six stratagems, leaving is best", used to indicate that retreating or escaping is the best course of action

    三十六 (literal) → 三十六 · sān​shí​liù · thirty-six 计 (literal) → 计/計 · jì · plan

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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