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Definition(s) for: 空城计

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
空城计 kōng chéng jì - the empty city stratagem (in which Zhuge Liang presents himself as unperturbed while making it evident that his city is undefended, hoping his adversary will suspect an ambush); double bluff

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 64,914 64,043 49,585

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
kōng- empty
- air
- sky
- in vain
kòng- to empty
- vacant
- unoccupied
- space
- leisure
- free time
chéng- city walls
- city
- town
- CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]
- surname Ji
- to calculate
- to compute
- to count
- to regard as important
- to plan
- ruse
- meter
- gauge

Other Words Containing 空城计

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
空城计 - - 64,914 64,043 49,585