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空城计

kōng chéng 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
kōng empty / air / sky / in vain
kòng to empty / vacant / unoccupied / space / leisure / free time
  chéng city walls / city / town / CL:,,
   surname Ji
   to calculate / to compute / to count / to regard as important / to plan / ruse / meter / gauge
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