kỳ mưu
Definition
- Noun:
- Strange or unusual stratagem: A clever, unexpected, or unconventional plan or scheme designed to achieve a specific, often surprising, outcome. It implies a tactic that is remarkable due to its ingenuity or oddity.
- Extraordinary scheme: A plot or maneuver that is distinguished by its exceptional cleverness or its departure from normal methods.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Quân địch hoàn toàn bị bất ngờ trước kỳ mưu của vị tướng. (The enemy was completely surprised by the general's extraordinary stratagem.)
- Kế hoạch chiếm thành bằng đường hầm thật là một kỳ mưu. (The plan to take the citadel via a tunnel was truly a strange stratagem.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used in historical or literary contexts, particularly in narratives about warfare, politics, or competition, to highlight a brilliantly unorthodox solution to a difficult problem.
Variants and Related Words
- Mưu lược (n): Strategy, generalship (focuses more on overall strategic skill rather than a single unusual tactic).
- Kế sách (n): Plan, scheme (a more general term for a plan or measure).
- Diệu kế (n): Brilliant stratagem, masterstroke (emphasizes cleverness and effectiveness).
Synonyms
- Unconventional tactic: A method not based on or conforming to what is generally done or believed.
- Masterstroke: A very clever and successful action or move.
- Cunning plan: A scheme showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion.
Related Idioms
- While "kỳ mưu" itself is not commonly part of a fixed idiom, it relates to the concept of "bày mưu tính kế", which means to devise schemes and calculate plans.
- Hắn ta ngồi một mình bày mưu tính kế để đánh bại đối thủ. (He sat alone, devising schemes and calculating plans to defeat his rival.)