三十六计的英文表达方法

—— The Thirty-Six Stratagems

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