brilliant stratagem in a silk bag; pre-planned clever solution
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesnoun
a clever plan kept in reserve for an emergency; a pre-arranged ingenious solution
literaryOriginally from classical novels where strategists would write solutions on slips of paper kept in brocade bags to be opened in crises. Now used metaphorically for any well-prepared, clever solution to a sudden problem.
Yǎn眼
kàn看
xiàng项
mù目
yào要
shī失
bài败
，
tā他
ná拿
chū出
le了
zǎo早
yǐ已
zhǔn准
bèi备
hǎo好
de的
jǐn锦
náng囊
miào妙
jì计
，
niǔ扭
zhuǎn转
le了
jú局
miàn面
。
Seeing the project was about to fail, he produced his pre-prepared brilliant plan and turned the situation around.
Bié别
dān担
xīn心
，
jīng经
lǐ理
yǐ已
jīng经
liú留
le了
jǐn锦
náng囊
miào妙
jì计
，
yìng应
fù付
zhè这
zhǒng种
tū突
fā发
zhuàng状
kuàng况
。
Don't worry, the manager has already left a clever stratagem to deal with this kind of emergency.
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Zài在
《
Sān三
Guó国
Yǎn演
Yì义
》
zhōng中
，
Zhū诸
Gě葛
Liàng亮
cháng常
gěi给
jiàng将
lǐng领
liú留
xià下
jǐn锦
náng囊
miào妙
jì计
。
In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms," Zhuge Liang often left brilliant plans in brocade bags for his generals.
Miàn面
duì对
jìng竞
zhēng争
duì对
shǒu手
de的
xīn新
cè策
lüè略
，
wǒ我
men们
jí急
xū需
yí一
gè个
jǐn锦
náng囊
miào妙
jì计
。
Facing our competitor's new strategy, we urgently need a clever trick up our sleeve.