Definition & Meaning

military strategy of injuring oneself intentionally as a means of tricking the enemy; ruse of self-injury (inflicting an injury on oneself to fool an enemy and seek retaliation)

Word usage

kǔ ròu jì

苦 肉 计

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n.military strategy of injuring oneself intentionally as a means of tricking the enemy; ruse of self-injury (inflicting an injury on oneself to fool an enemy and seek retaliation)
- zhè yī kǔ ròu jì bìng wèi chǎn shēng xiào lì
  这一苦肉计并未产生效力。
  This sympathy-getting ploy produced no effect.
- wǒ lái shè jì yī gè kǔ ròu jì
  我来设计一个苦肉计。
  I have devised a gunning test.
- zhè zhǒng kǔ ròu jì bù huì yǒng jiǔ yǒu xiào
  这种苦肉计不会永久有效。
  The battered-body trick is not going to work forever.

Word usage

common measure word
"苦肉计" is often matched with measure word "条".
- 一条苦肉计
  one trick of having oneself tortured to win the confidence of the enemy

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