36计英语表达36英语表达.doc

英语表达里的中国36计 美人计using seductive women to corrupt the enemy 2.走为上decamping being the best; running away as the best choice 3.借刀杀人killing someone with a borrowed knife4.苦肉计deceiving the enemy by torturing one’s own man 5.反间计sowing discord among the enemy 6.欲擒故纵letting the enemy off in order to catch him 7.无中生有creating something out of nothing8.暗渡陈仓advancing secretly by an unknown path9.隔岸观火watching a fire from the other side of the river10.笑里藏刀covering the dagger with a smile11.李代桃僵palming off substitute for the real thing12.顺手牵羊picking up something in passing13.打草惊蛇beating the grass to frighten the snake14.借尸还魂resurrecting a dead soul by borrowing a corpse15.调虎离山luring the tiger out of his den16.声东击西a feint to the east and attacking in the west 17.抛砖引玉giving the enemy something to induce him to lose more valuable things18.擒贼擒王capturing the ringleader first in order to capture all the followers19.釜底抽薪tracting the firewood from under the cauldron20.混水摸鱼muddling the water to catch the fish; fishing in troubled waters21.金蝉脱壳slipping away by casting off a cloak; getting away like the cicada sloughing its skin22.关门捉贼catching the thief by closing / blocking his escape route23.远交近攻befriending the distant enemy while attacking a nearby enemy24.假途伐虢attacking the enemy by passing through a common neighbor25.偷梁换柱stealing the beams and pillars and replacing them with rotten timbers26.指桑骂槐reviling/ abusing the locust tree while pointing to the mulberry27.假痴不癫feigning madness without becoming insane28.上屋抽梯removing the ladder after the enemy has climbed up the roof29.树上开花putting artificial flowers on trees30.反客为主turning from the guest into the host31.瞒天过海crossing the sea under camouflage 32.空城计presenting a bold front to conceal unpreparedness33.趁火打劫plundering a burning house 34.以逸待劳waiting at one’s ease for the exhausted enemy 35.连环计coordinating one stratagem with another36.围魏救赵relieving the state of Zhao by besieging t