feign surrender; false capitulation
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesverb
to feign surrender; to pretend to capitulate
formalCommonly used in military strategy and historical contexts to describe a tactical deception where one side pretends to surrender in order to gain an advantage.
Huáng黄
Gài盖
xiàng向
Cáo曹
Cāo操
zhà诈
xiáng降
，
huǒ火
shāo烧
chì赤
bì壁
。
Huang Gai feigned surrender to Cao Cao, leading to the fire attack at the Battle of Red Cliffs.
Dí敌
rén人
qǐ企
tú图
yòng用
zhà诈
xiáng降
lái来
má麻
bì痹
wǒ我
jūn军
。
The enemy attempted to use a feigned surrender to lull our troops into complacency.
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Jiāng将
jūn军
shí识
pò破
le了
dí敌
jūn军
de的
zhà诈
xiáng降
zhī之
jì计
。
The general saw through the enemy's ruse of feigned surrender.
Zhà诈
xiáng降
shì是
yī一
zhǒng种
gāo高
fēng风
xiǎn险
de的
jūn军
shì事
cè策
lüè略
。
Feigned surrender is a high-risk military strategy.