三十六計(jì)中英文對(duì)照翻譯(Thirty-Six Stratagems)
1.? ? 瞞天過(guò)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(wú)中生有creating something out of nothing
8.? ? 暗渡陳倉(cāng)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(yú)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(mén)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(shù)上開(kāi)花putting artificial flowers on trees
30. ? 反客為主turning from the guest into the host
31. ? 美人計(jì)using seductive women to corrupt the enemy
32. ? 空城計(jì)presenting a bold front to conceal unpreparedness
33. ? 反間計(jì)sowing discord among the enemy
34. ? 苦肉計(jì)deceiving the enemy by torturing one’s own man
35. ? 連環(huán)計(jì)coordinating one stratagem with another
36. ? 走為上decamping being the best; running away as the best choice