jiāng
jiù

idiom

Meaning of 将计就计

将计就计 means to turn someone's own trick against them; to outwit by using the opponent's plan. Pronounced jiāng jì jiù jì.

  • to turn someone's own trick against them; to outwit by using the opponent's plan

Definitions & Examples

rén
xiǎng
yǐn
men
jìn
mái
quān
 
men
fáng
jiāng
jiù
 
fǎn
jiāng
men
bāo
wéi
 

The enemy tried to lure us into an ambush; we might as well turn their trick against them and surround them instead.

zhī
dào
duì
shǒu
zài
sàn
jiǎ
xìn
 
shì
jiāng
jiù
 
fàng
chū
cuò
de
qíng
bào
 

Knowing his opponent was spreading false information, he turned the trick against them by deliberately leaking misleading intelligence.

Zài
tán
pàn
zhōng
 
shí
le
duì
fāng
de
zhāng
shēng
shì
 
bìng
chéng
gōng
jiāng
jiù
 
wèi
zhēng
dào
le
gèng
hǎo
de
tiáo
jiàn
 

During the negotiation, he saw through the other party's bluff and successfully turned their tactic against them, securing better terms for himself.