空城計 kōng chéng jì

DEFINITIONS

  1. the empty city stratagem (in which Zhuge Liang presents himself as unperturbed while making it evident that his city is undefended, hoping his adversary will suspect an ambush)
  2. double bluff

CHARACTERS

空 kōng
HSK 3
empty, hollow, bare, deserted
城 chéng
HSK 3
castle; city, town; municipality
計 jì plan, plot; stratagem; scheme