連環計

See also: 连环计

Chinese

		chain of connecting rings; interlinked	to calculate; to compute; to count to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan
trad. (連環計)		連環	計
simp. (连环计)		连环	计

Etymology

Stratagem #35 in the Thirty-Six Stratagems:

In important matters, one should use several stratagems applied simultaneously after another as in a chain of stratagems. Keep different plans operating in an overall scheme; however, in this manner if any one strategy fails, then the chain breaks and the whole scheme fails.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liánhuánjì

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lin⁴ waan⁴ gai³
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): liang⁵ huang⁵ goi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liánhuánjì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liánhuánjì
    • Wade–Giles: lien²-huan²-chi⁴
    • Yale: lyán-hwán-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lianhwanjih
    • Palladius: ляньхуаньцзи (ljanʹxuanʹczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛn³⁵ xu̯än³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lin⁴ waan⁴ gai³
    • Yale: lìhn wàahn gai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lin⁴ waan⁴ gai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lin⁴ wan⁴ gei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːn²¹ waːn²¹ kɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: liang⁵ huang⁵ goi³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: liâng huâng kòi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ huaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ koi²¹³/

Noun

連環計

1. set of interlinked plots

See also

• 反間計／反间计 (fǎnjiànjì)