苦肉計
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See also: 苦肉计
Chinese
| desperate measure, last resort | to calculate; to compute; to count to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (苦肉計) | 苦肉 | 計 | |
| simp. (苦肉计) | 苦肉 | 计 | |
Etymology
Stratagem #34 in the Thirty-Six Stratagems.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄎㄨˇ ㄖㄡˋ ㄐㄧˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: kǔròujì
- Wade–Giles: kʻu3-jou4-chi4
- Yale: kǔ-ròu-jì
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuurowjih
- Palladius: кужоуцзи (kužouczi)
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fu2 juk6 gai3
- Yale: fú yuhk gai
- Cantonese Pinyin: fu2 juk9 gai3
- Guangdong Romanization: fu2 yug6 gei3
- Sinological IPA (key): /fuː³⁵ jʊk̚² kɐi̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
苦肉計
- the ruse of inflicting an injury upon oneself to win the trust of one's enemy
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 苦 | 肉 | 計 |
| く Grade: 3 |
にく Grade: 2 |
けい Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi | ||
Noun
苦肉計 • (kuniku no kei)
- the ruse of inflicting an injury upon oneself to win the trust of one's enemy (one of the Thirty-Six Stratagems of ancient China)
Vietnamese
| chữ Hán Nôm in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 苦 | 肉 | 計 |
Noun
苦肉計
- chữ Hán form of khổ nhục kế (“the ruse of inflicting an injury upon oneself to win the trust of one's enemy”).