self-injury scheme; sacrifice-of-the-flesh stratagem
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
stratagem of self-injury; trick of feigning injury
literaryA classic military/political stratagem from Chinese history and literature, famously used in the novel 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' where Huang Gai had himself beaten to deceive Cao Cao.
Tā他
duì对
zì自
jǐ己
shǐ使
le了
kǔ苦
ròu肉
jì计
，
jiǎ假
zhuāng装
shòu受
shāng伤
yǐ以
huò获
qǔ取
tóng同
qíng情
。
He used a self-injury stratagem on himself, pretending to be hurt to gain sympathy.
Zhè这
bù不
guò过
shì是
tā他
de的
kǔ苦
ròu肉
jì计
，
qiān千
wàn万
bié别
shàng上
dàng当
。
This is just his self-injury trick; don't be fooled by it.
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《
Sān三
guó国
yǎn演
yì义
》
zhōng中
Huáng黄
Gài盖
de的
kǔ苦
ròu肉
jì计
fēi非
cháng常
chéng成
gōng功
。
Huang Gai's self-injury stratagem in 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' was very successful.