空城计 in English kong1 cheng2 ji4 Meaning

Meanings

  • 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)
  • double bluff

Simplified Characters

空 城 计

Traditional Characters

空 城 計

Pinyin

kong1 cheng2 ji4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

空kong1empty 城cheng2city walls 计ji4surname Ji