智取

tā jué dìng zhì qǔ

他决定智取。

He decided to try a more subtle approach.

yào xiǎng yíng dé zǒng tǒng zhī wèi tā bì xū shǒu xiān zhì qǔ dǎ bài qí zài shè huì dǎng nèi de jìng xuǎn duì shǒu

要想赢得总统之位，他必须首先智取打败其在社会党内的竞选对手。

To win the presidency, he had first to outwit his rivals within the Socialist Party.