課外閱讀:三十六計的英文表達(dá)

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  1.瞞天過海crossing the sea under camouflage
      2.圍魏救趙relieving the state of Zhao by besieging the state of Wei
      3.借刀殺人killing someone with a borrowed knife
      4.以逸待勞waiting at one's ease for the exhausted enemy
      5.趁火打劫plundering a burning house
      6.聲東擊西making a feint to the east and attacking in the west
      7.無中生有creating something out of nothing
      8.暗渡陳倉advancing secretly by an unknown path
      9.隔岸觀火watching a fire from the other side of the river
      10.笑里藏刀covering the dagger with a smile
      11.李代桃僵palming off substitute for the real thing
      12.順手牽羊picking up something in passing
      13.打草驚蛇beating the grass to frighten the snake
      14.借尸還魂resurrecting a dead soul by borrowing a corpse
      15.調(diào)虎離山luring the tiger out of his den 
      16.欲擒故縱letting the enemy off in order to catch him
      17.拋磚引玉giving the enemy something to induce him to lose more valuable things
      18.擒賊擒王capturing the ringleader first in order to capture all the followers
      19.釜底抽薪extracting the firewood from under the cauldron
      20.混水摸魚muddling the water to catch the fish; fishing in troubled waters
      21.金蟬脫殼slipping away by casting off a cloak; getting away like the cicada sloughing its skin
      22.關(guān)門捉賊catching the thief by closing / blocking his escape route
      23.遠(yuǎn)交近攻befriending the distant enemy while attacking a nearby enemy
      24.假途伐虢attacking the enemy by passing through a common neighbor
      25.偷梁換柱stealing the beams and pillars and replacing them with rotten timbers 
      26.指桑罵槐reviling/ abusing the locust tree while pointing to the mulberry
      27.假癡不癲feigning madness without becoming insane
      28.上屋抽梯removing the ladder after the enemy has climbed up the roof
      29.樹上開花putting artificial flowers on trees
      30.反客為主turning from the guest into the host 
      31.美人計using seductive women to corrupt the enemy
      32.空城計presenting a bold front to conceal unpreparedness
      33.反間計sowing discord among the enemy
      34.苦肉計deceiving the enemy by torturing one's own man
      35.連環(huán)計coordinating one stratagem with another
      36.走為上decamping being the best; running away as the best choice