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Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
謀略 谋略 see styles |
móu lüè mou2 lu:e4 mou lu:e bouryaku / boryaku ぼうりゃく |
stratagem; strategy; resourcefulness scheme; plot; artifice; stratagem; trick to vie |
策 see styles |
cè ce4 ts`e tse saku さく |
policy; plan; scheme; bamboo slip for writing (old); to whip (a horse); to encourage; riding crop with sharp spines (old); essay written for the imperial examinations (old); upward horizontal stroke in calligraphy (n,n-suf) (1) plan; policy; means; measure; stratagem; scheme; (2) (See 永字八法) fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick; (male given name) Hakaru A treatise, book, memo, tablet, card; a plan, scheme; question; whip; etc. |
諝 谞 see styles |
xū xu1 hsü |
(literary) ability and wisdom; scheme; stratagem |
勝算 胜算 see styles |
shèng suàn sheng4 suan4 sheng suan shousan / shosan しょうさん |
odds of success; stratagem that ensures success; to be sure of success prospects of victory; chances of success; (personal name) Shousan |
奇勝 see styles |
kishou / kisho きしょう |
(1) beauty spot; place with beautiful scenery; (2) unexpected victory; victory by uncommon stratagem |
奇捷 see styles |
kishou / kisho きしょう |
unexpected victory; victory by uncommon stratagem |
方便 see styles |
fāng biàn fang1 bian4 fang pien houben / hoben ほうべん |
convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself (1) means; expedient; instrument; (2) {Buddh} upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching); (surname) Houben upāya. Convenient to the place, or situation, suited to the condition, opportune, appropriate; but 方 is interpreted as 方法 method, mode, plan, and 便 as 便用 convenient for use, i. e. a convenient or expedient method; also 方 as 方正 and 便 as 巧妙, which implies strategically correct. It is also intp. as 權道智 partial, temporary, or relative (teaching of) knowledge of reality, in contrast with 般若智 prajñā, and 眞實 absolute truth, or reality instead of the seeming. The term is a translation of 傴和 upāya, a mode of approach, an expedient, stratagem, device. The meaning is— teaching according to the capacity of the hearer, by any suitable method, including that of device or stratagem, but expedience beneficial to the recipient is understood. Mahāyāna claims that the Buddha used this expedient or partial method in his teaching until near the end of his days, when he enlarged it to the revelation of reality, or the preaching of his final and complete truth; Hīnayāna with reason denies this, and it is evident that the Mahāyāna claim has no foundation, for the whole of its 方等 or 方廣 scriptures are of later invention. Tiantai speaks of the 三乘 q. v. or Three Vehicles as 方便 expedient or partial revelations, and of its 一乘 or One Vehicle as the complete revelation of universal Buddhahood. This is the teaching of the Lotus Sutra, which itself contains 方便 teaching to lead up to the full revelation; hence the terms 體内 (or 同體 ) 方便, i. e. expedient or partial truths within the full revelation, meaning the expedient part of the Lotus, and 體外方便 the expedient or partial truths of the teaching which preceded the Lotus; see the 方便品 of that work, also the second chapter of the 維摩經. 方便 is also the seventh of the ten pāramitās. |
権謀 see styles |
kenbou / kenbo けんぼう |
scheme; stratagem; ploy |
機謀 机谋 see styles |
jī móu ji1 mou2 chi mou |
stratagem; scheme; shrewdness |
機關 机关 see styles |
jī guān ji1 guan1 chi kuan kikan |
mechanism; gear; machine-operated; office; agency; organ; organization; establishment; institution; body; stratagem; scheme; intrigue; plot; trick; CL:個|个[ge4] Spring, motive force, cause, opportunity, etc. |
用計 用计 see styles |
yòng jì yong4 ji4 yung chi |
to employ a stratagem |
秘策 see styles |
hisaku ひさく |
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method |
策略 see styles |
cè lüè ce4 lu:e4 ts`e lu:e tse lu:e sakuryaku さくりゃく |
strategy; tactics; crafty; adroit (noun - becomes adjective with の) scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick |
策謀 策谋 see styles |
cè móu ce4 mou2 ts`e mou tse mou sakubou / sakubo さくぼう |
stratagem (political or military); trick (noun, transitive verb) strategy; artifice |
術中 see styles |
jucchuu / jucchu じゅっちゅう |
(1) trick; trap; stratagem; (can be adjective with の) (2) {med} intraoperative; during surgery |
術数 see styles |
jussuu / jussu じゅっすう |
stratagem |
術計 see styles |
jukkei / jukke じゅっけい |
stratagem; trick |
計略 see styles |
keiryaku / keryaku けいりゃく |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) plan; trick; plot; stratagem; scheme; trap |
計策 计策 see styles |
jì cè ji4 ce4 chi ts`e chi tse |
stratagem |
計謀 计谋 see styles |
jì móu ji4 mou2 chi mou |
stratagem; scheme |
計較 计较 see styles |
jì jiào ji4 jiao4 chi chiao |
to bother about; to haggle; to bicker; to argue; plan; stratagem |
謀計 谋计 see styles |
móu jì mou2 ji4 mou chi boukei / boke ぼうけい |
stratagem; scheme conspiracy; plot |
路數 路数 see styles |
lù shù lu4 shu4 lu shu |
stratagem; method; approach; movement (martial arts); social connections; (sb's) background story |
軍配 see styles |
gunbai ぐんばい |
(1) (abbreviation) {mil} (See 軍配団扇・1) gourd-shaped war fan; (2) (abbreviation) {sumo} (See 軍配団扇・2,軍配が上がる・ぐんばいがあがる・1) referee's fan; (noun/participle) (3) stratagem; tactics |
反間計 反间计 see styles |
fǎn jiàn jì fan3 jian4 ji4 fan chien chi |
stratagem of sowing dissension; CL:條|条[tiao2] |
小細工 see styles |
kozaiku こざいく |
(1) intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; (2) cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem; (surname) Kozaiku |
木馬計 木马计 see styles |
mù mǎ jì mu4 ma3 ji4 mu ma chi |
wooden horse stratagem (cf Trojan horse) |
空城計 空城计 see styles |
kōng chéng jì kong1 cheng2 ji4 k`ung ch`eng chi kung cheng chi |
the empty city stratagem (in which Zhuge Liang presents himself as unperturbed while making it evident that his city is undefended, hoping his adversary will suspect an ambush); double bluff |
迷魂陣 迷魂阵 see styles |
mí hún zhèn mi2 hun2 zhen4 mi hun chen |
stratagem to trap sb; to bewitch and trap |
反間苦肉 see styles |
hankankuniku はんかんくにく |
(yoji) stratagem for causing a rift in the enemy camp by using a seditious plot |
唱空城計 唱空城计 see styles |
chàng kōng chéng jì chang4 kong1 cheng2 ji4 ch`ang k`ung ch`eng chi chang kung cheng chi |
lit. to sing "The Empty City Stratagem" (idiom); fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness; (jocular) (of a place etc) to be empty; (of one's stomach) to be rumbling |
小刀細工 see styles |
kogatanazaiku こがたなざいく |
(1) carving with a knife; handiwork done with a knife; (2) cheap trick; simple trickery; petty stratagem |
故伎重演 see styles |
gù jì chóng yǎn gu4 ji4 chong2 yan3 ku chi ch`ung yen ku chi chung yen |
to repeat an old stratagem; up to one's old tricks |
暗渡陳倉 暗渡陈仓 see styles |
àn dù chén cāng an4 du4 chen2 cang1 an tu ch`en ts`ang an tu chen tsang |
lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu); fig. to feign one thing while doing another; to cheat under cover of a diversion |
權宜之策 权宜之策 see styles |
quán yí zhī cè quan2 yi2 zhi1 ce4 ch`üan i chih ts`e chüan i chih tse |
stratagem of convenience (idiom); stop-gap measure; makeshift plan; interim step |
權宜之計 权宜之计 see styles |
quán yí zhī jì quan2 yi2 zhi1 ji4 ch`üan i chih chi chüan i chih chi |
plan of convenience (idiom); stop-gap measure; makeshift stratagem; interim step |
神機妙算 神机妙算 see styles |
shén jī miào suàn shen2 ji1 miao4 suan4 shen chi miao suan shinkimyousan / shinkimyosan しんきみょうさん |
divine strategy and wonderful planning (idiom); clever scheme; supremely clever in his schemes (yoji) inscrutable stratagem; ingenious scheme |
神算鬼謀 see styles |
shinsankibou / shinsankibo しんさんきぼう |
(yoji) inscrutable stratagem; ingenious scheme |
緩兵之計 缓兵之计 see styles |
huǎn bīng zhī jì huan3 bing1 zhi1 ji4 huan ping chih chi |
delaying tactics; stalling; measures to stave off an attack; stratagem to win a respite |
Variations: |
kishou / kisho きしょう |
(1) (奇勝 only) beauty spot; place with beautiful scenery; (2) unexpected victory; victory by uncommon stratagem |
明修棧道,暗渡陳倉 明修栈道,暗渡陈仓 see styles |
míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù chén cāng ming2 xiu1 zhan4 dao4 , an4 du4 chen2 cang1 ming hsiu chan tao , an tu ch`en ts`ang ming hsiu chan tao , an tu chen tsang |
lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wei4 He2] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiang4 Yu3] of Chu); fig. to feign one thing while doing another; to cheat under cover of a diversion |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 41 results for "stratagem" in Chinese and/or Japanese.Information about this dictionary:
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