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<p>三十六计(Thirty-Six Stratagems) <br /> 1.瞒天过海crossing the sea under camouflage <br /> 2.围魏救赵relieving the state of Zhao by besieging the state of Wei <br /> 3.借刀杀人killing someone with a borrowed knife <br /> 4.以逸待劳waiting at one’s ease for the exhausted enemy <br /> 5.趁火打劫plundering a burning house <br /> 6.声东击西making a feint to the east and attacking in the west <br /> 7.无中生有creating something out of nothing <br /> 8.暗渡陈仓advancing secretly by an unknown path <br /> 9.隔岸观火watching a fire from the other side of the river <br /> 10.笑里藏刀covering the dagger with a smile <br /> 11.李代桃僵palming off substitute for the real thing <br /> 12.顺手牵羊picking up something in passing <br /> 13.打草惊蛇beating the grass to frighten the snake <br /> 14.借尸还魂resurrecting a dead soul by borrowing a corpse <br /> 15.调虎离山luring the tiger out of his den <br /> 16.欲擒故纵letting the enemy off in order to catch him <br /> 17.抛砖引玉giving the enemy something to induce him to lose more valuable things <br /> 18.擒贼擒王capturing the ringleader first in order to capture all the followers <br /> 19.釜底抽薪extracting the firewood from under the cauldron <br /> 20.混水摸鱼muddling the water to catch the fish; fishing in troubled waters <br /> 21.金蝉脱壳slipping away by casting off a cloak; getting away like the cicada sloughing its skin <br /> 22.关门捉贼catching the thief by closing / blocking his escape route <br /> 23.远交近攻befriending the distant enemy while attacking a nearby enemy <br /> 24.假途伐虢attacking the enemy by passing through a common neighbor <br /> 25.偷梁换柱stealing the beams and pillars and replacing them with rotten timbers <br /> 26.指桑骂槐reviling/ abusing the locust tree while pointing to the mulberry <br /> 27.假痴不癫feigning madness without becoming insane <br /> 28.上屋抽梯removing the ladder after the enemy has climbed up the roof <br /> 29.树上开花putting artificial flowers on trees <br /> 30.反客为主turning from the guest into the host <br /> 31.美人计using seductive women to corrupt the enemy <br /> 32.空城计presenting a bold front to conceal unpreparedness <br /> 33.反间计sowing discord among the enemy <br /> 34.苦肉计deceiving the enemy by torturing one’s own man <br /> 35.连环计coordinating one stratagem with another <br /> 36.走为上decamping being the best; running away as the best choice </p><p></p> |
发表于 2006-9-13 19:20:16