連環計

See also: 连环计

Chinese

chain of connecting rings
 
to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan
trad. (連環計) 連環
simp. (连环计) 连环

Etymology

Strategem #35 in the Thirty-Six Stratagems:

In important matters, one should use several stratagems applied simultaneously after another as in a chain of stratagems. Keep different plans operating in an overall scheme; however, in this manner if any one strategy fails, then the chain breaks and the whole scheme fails.

Pronunciation


Noun

連環計

  1. set of interlinked plots

See also

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.