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Details Title: 36計 Description: 36 stratagems Total Flash Cards: 14 Created: 09/01/2004 20:04:41	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term 瞞天過海 Definition Pass the sea by a trick. *To practice deception. Term 圍魏救趙 Definition Beseige Wei to rescue Zhao. *Releive the beseiged by attacking the beseigers. Term 借刀殺人 Definition Murder with a borrowed kinfe. *Make use of another person to get rid of an adversary. Term 以逸待勞 Definition Wait at ease for an exhausted enemy. Term 趁火打劫 Definition Loot a burning house. *Take advantage of someone's misfortune to do him harm. Term 聲東擊西 Definition Make a feint in the east and attack the west. Term 無中生有 Definition From nothing create something. *False appearances can be used to trick the enemy. Term 暗渡陳倉 Definition Advance to Chencang by a hidden path. *Deliberately expose part of your action to lure the enemy into your trap. Term 隔岸觀火 Definition Watch a fire from the other side of the river. *When conflicts appear in enemy alliances, let them fight, it may offer opportunities. Term 笑裡藏刀 Definition Hide a knife behind a smile. *Conceal hostility by appearing to be friendly. Term 李代桃僵 Definition Substitute one thing for another. *Sacrafice oneself for another. Term 順手牽羊 Definition Lead away a goat in passing. *An enemys oversight is an advantage. Term 打草驚蛇 Definition Beat the grass and frighten away the snake. *Act rashly and alert the enemy. Term 借尸還魂 Definition Raise a corpse from the dead. *Exploit the weak to one's advantage. Attack in another's form.