周瑜打黄盖
zhōu​yú​dǎ​huáng​gài

both parties are willing

  • created reference approved 周瑜打黄盖/周瑜打黃蓋 → 一个愿打，一个愿挨/一個願打，一個願挨 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    周瑜打黄盖 / 周瑜打黃蓋 zhōu​yú​dǎ​huáng​gài

    一个愿打，一个愿挨 / 一個願打，一個願挨 yī​gè​yuàn​dǎ​yī​gè​yuàn'ái

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  • created sense approved 周瑜打黄盖/周瑜打黃蓋 · zhōu​yú​dǎ​huáng​gài · both parties are willing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    周瑜打黄盖 / 周瑜打黃蓋

    zhōu​yú​dǎ​huáng​gài

    both parties are willing

    Used to describe a situation where two people are in mutual agreement even if one party appears to be suffering or at a disadvantage; literally "Zhou Yu beats Huang Gai," referring to a famous ruse from the Three Kingdoms era where a general accepted a mock beating to deceive the enemy.

    周瑜 (literal) → 周瑜 · zhōu​yú · Zhou Yu 打 (literal) → 打 · dǎ · to hit 黄盖 (literal) → 黄盖/黃蓋 · huáng​gài · Huang Gai

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