空城计 kōng chéng jì

double bluff

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 65679th word

Definitions

  1. 1. double bluff
  2. 2. 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)

Characters

Character Meaning
空 kōng HSK 3
empty; sky; air
城 chéng HSK 3
city; city walls; town
计 jì HSK 4
to calculate; to count; to plan