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

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連環計

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

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

set of interlinked plots