唱 空 城 计

chàng kōng chéng jìdictionary entry

(lit.) to sing "The Empty City Stratagem" (idiom) / (fig.) to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness / (jocular) (of a place etc) to be empty; (of one's stomach) to be rumbling

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Original source entry:

唱空城計 唱空城计 [chang4 kong1 cheng2 ji4] /(lit.) to sing "The Empty City Stratagem" (idiom)/(fig.) to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness/(jocular) (of a place etc) to be empty; (of one's stomach) to be rumbling/

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唱空城计

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