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孙子兵法36计中英对译

  1瞒天过海  crossing the sea under camouflage

  2围魏救赵  relieving the state of Zhao by besieging the state of Wei

  3借刀杀人  killing someone with a borrowed knife

  4以逸待劳  waiting at one’s ease for the exhausted enemy

  5趁火打劫  plundering a burning house

  6声东击西  making a feint to the east and attacking in the west

  7无中生有  creating something out of nothing

  8暗渡陈仓  advancing secretly by an unknown path

  9隔岸观火  watching a fire from the other side of the river

   10笑里藏刀  covering the dagger with a smile

  11李代桃僵  palming off substitute for the real thing

  12顺手牵羊  picking up something in passing

     13打草惊蛇  beating the grass to frighten the snake 

  14借尸还魂  resurrecting a dead soul by borrowing a corpse

  15调虎离山  luring the tiger out of his den

  16欲擒故纵  letting the enemy off in order to catch him

  17抛砖引玉  giving the enemy something to induce him to lose more valuable things

  18擒贼擒王  capturing the ringleader first in order to capture all the followers

  19釜底抽薪  extracting the firewood from under the cauldron

  20混水摸鱼  muddling the water to catch the fish; fishing in troubled waters

  21金蝉脱壳  slipping away by casting off a cloak; getting away like the cicada sloughing its skin

  22关门捉贼  catching the thief by closing / blocking his escape route

  23.远交近攻  befriending the distant enemy while attacking a nearby enemy

  24.假途伐虢  attacking the enemy by passing through a common neighbor

25.偷梁换柱  stealing the beams and pillars and replacing them with rotten timbers

  26.指桑骂槐  reviling/ abusing the locust tree while pointing to the mulberry

  27.假痴不癫  feigning madness without becoming insane

  28.上屋抽梯  removing the ladder after the enemy has climbed up the roof

  29.树上开花  putting artificial flowers on trees

  30.反客为主  turning from the guest into the host

  31.美人计  using seductive women to corrupt the enemy

  32.空城计  presenting a bold front to conceal unpreparedness

  33.反间计  sowing discord among the enemy

  34.苦肉计  deceiving the enemy by torturing one’s own man

  35.连环计  coordinating one stratagem with another

36.走为上  decamping being the best; running away as the best choice  

(来源:中国青年网)

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