诡计 (詭計)
guǐ jì
Pinyin
Definition
诡计 (詭計)
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- trick
- ruse
- crafty scheme
Character Decomposition
Idioms (15)
一年之计在于春
- 1 the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)
- 2 early planning is the key to success
一日之计在于晨
- 1 make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom)
- 2 early morning is the golden time of the day
不计其数
- 1 lit. their number cannot be counted (idiom); fig. countless
- 2 innumerable
千方百计
- 1 lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
唱空城计
- 1 lit. to sing “The Empty City Stratagem” (idiom)
- 2 fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness
- 3 (jocularly) (of a place etc) to be empty
- 4 (of one's stomach) to be rumbling
Sample Sentences
他是个诡计多端的小人,你最好离他远一点,免得他找到借口来害你。
He is a vile person that's always got some kind of deceitful plan. You better stay away from him. You want to avoid him finding an excuse to hurt you
诡计多端
full of craft and cunning
她喝人血吃人肉,心狠手辣,诡计多端。
She drank human blood and ate human flesh. She was cruel, merciless and full of tricks.