空城計

空城计
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

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 空 kōng
  1. empty
  2. air
  3. sky
  4. in vain
2 城 chéng
  1. city walls
  2. city
  3. town

classifiers: 座, 道, 個
3 計 jì
  1. to calculate
  2. to compute
  3. to count
  4. to regard as important
  5. to plan
  6. ruse
  7. meter
  8. gauge