khổ nhục kế

Tướng quân sử dụng khổ nhục kế để đánh lừa quân địch.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A stratagem of enduring hardship and humiliation: A military or strategic ploy that involves deliberately subjecting oneself to suffering, hardship, or humiliation in order to deceive an enemy or opponent and ultimately gain an advantage.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Tướng quân sử dụng khổ nhục kế để đánh lừa quân địch. (The general used the stratagem of enduring hardship to deceive the enemy.)
  • Trong lịch sử, khổ nhục kế thường được các nhà quân sự áp dụng. (In history, the stratagem of enduring humiliation was often employed by military strategists.)

Advanced Usage

• This term originates from classical military strategy and is one of the Thirty-Six Stratagems. It describes a specific, calculated tactic of self-sacrifice for a greater strategic goal.
• It implies a long-term plan where temporary suffering is accepted to create a false impression of weakness or defeat, leading the opponent into a trap.

Variants and Related Words

• Khổ nhục (noun/adjective): Hardship and humiliation; suffering and disgrace.
  • Chịu đựng khổ nhục (To endure hardship and humiliation).
• Kế (noun): Stratagem, scheme, plan.
  • Diệu kế (A brilliant stratagem).

Synonyms

• Stratagem of self-injury: A plan involving harming oneself to deceive.
• Ruse of suffering: A trick based on enduring pain.

Related Idioms

• "Khổ nhục kế" is itself a fixed term and a classical idiom drawn from the corpus of the Thirty-Six Stratagems. It is used to label this specific deceptive tactic.
  • Đây đích thị là khổ nhục kế. (This is precisely the stratagem of enduring hardship.)