 all the possible schemes or stratagems | The Art of War |
| be embattled on all sides | be in the same boat |
| execute one as a warning to a hundred | countermine |
| apprehenddanger in every sound | speed is precious in war |
| fortify the defense works and to leave nothing usable to the invading enemy | do stb.when people are off guard |
| pull sb's chestnut out of the fire | freeload |
| watch which way the cat jumps | volunteer one's services as Mao sui once did |
| paint a picture with two brushes at the same time | beat the grass and frighten away the snake |
| blow hot and cold (about) | cast (in) one's lot with [throw in one's lot with] |
| steal sb.'s thunder | execute the criminal first and report to the emperor afterwards— act first and report afterwards |
| collaborate from within with forces from without | defeat one's opponent by a surprisemove |
| misnomer | escape like a cicada by casting off its skin; stratagem for slinking off |
| the ass in the lion’ s skin | take a drastic measure to deal with a situation |
| cut off all means of retreat; burn one's own way of retreat and be determined to fight to the end | bluff |
| steal the beams and pillars and replace them rotten timber-perpetrate a fraud | because Band to band intimate |
| Yiyuweizhi | Yiruoweiruo |
| Yiruoshiqiang | Yidijiedi |
| Quhutunlang | Erhujingshi |
| Shimian ambuscade | take the false article for genuine ones |
| people regard food as their prime want; food the first necessity of man | After the real harbinger |
| Can see Wend one's way (to) | empty-city stratagem |
| Mood of anti-battles | the ruse of inflicting an injury on oneself to win the confidence of the enemy |
| Fanlaoweiyi | Between the total anti- |
| Shiji chiefly | without |
| Weishibijue | Via Faguo |
| Main rooms Chouti | Condition of a patient get better Jiushou |
| Go for the | From the mound |
| Xuyingdaijie | Qizheng interpromoting relation in five elements |
| Chaos | degree of strength |
| Mexico practice Suidi | sit by |
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