口译词汇10教育文化词汇(14)

13. 打草惊蛇beating the grass to frighten

the snake

14. 借尸还魂resurrecting a dead soul by

borrowing a corpse

15. 调虎离山luring the tiger out of his den 16. 欲擒故纵letting the enemy off in order

to catch him

17. 抛砖引玉giving the enemy something

to induce him to lose more valuable things

18. 擒贼擒王capturing the ringleader first

in order to capture all the followers

19. 釜底抽薪extracting the firewood from

under the cauldron

20. 混水摸鱼muddling the water to catch

the fish; fishing in troubled waters

21. 金蝉脱壳slipping away by casting off a

cloak; getting away like the cicada sloughing its skin

22. 关门捉贼catching the thief by closing /

blocking his escape route

23. 远交近攻befriending the distant enemy

while attacking a nearby enemy

24. 假途伐虢attacking the enemy by

passing through a common neighbor 25. 偷梁换柱stealing the beams and pillars

and replacing them with rotten timbers 26. 指桑骂槐reviling/ abusing the locust

tree while pointing to the mulberry 27. 假痴不癫feigning madness without

becoming insane

28. 上屋抽梯removing the ladder after the

enemy has climbed up the roof

29. 树上开花putting artificial flowers on

trees

30. 反客为主turning from the guest into

the host

31. 美人计using seductive women to

corrupt the enemy

32. 空城计presenting a bold front to

conceal unpreparedness

33. 反间计sowing discord among the

enemy

34. 苦肉计deceiving the enemy by

torturing one’s own man

35. 连环计coordinating one stratagem with

another

36. 走为上decamping being the best;

running away as the best choice