唱空城計

唱空城计
chàngkōngchéngjì
  1. lit. to sing "The Empty City Stratagem" (idiom)
  2. fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness
  3. (jocular) (of a place etc) to be empty; (of one's stomach) to be rumbling

CEDICT

jocular

Entry Composition

1 唱 chàng
  1. to sing
  2. to call loudly
  3. to chant
2 空城計 kōngchéngjì 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