delaying tactics; stalling; measures to stave off an attack; stratagem to win a respite
trad. 緩兵之計
Also written 緩兵之計【huǎn bīng zhī jì】
Characters in this word
4缓
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slow, unhurried, sluggish, gradual, not tense, relaxed, to postpone, to defer, to stall, to stave off, to revive, to recuperate
- Pinyin
- huǎn
- Traditional
- 緩
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 35030 of 2500
兵
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soldiers, a force, an army, weapons, arms, military, warlike, CL:個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- bīng
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 4822 of 2500
之
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(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]), him, her, it
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 475 of 2500
计
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surname Ji
- Pinyin
- Jì
- Traditional
- 計
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 12256 of 2500