锦囊妙计 — Chinese idiom
锦囊妙计
jǐn náng miào jì
Traditional: 錦囊妙計
Meaning
- brocade sack of miracle plans ; bag of tricks
- fiendishly cunning masterplan (written out by strategic genius of fiction, and given to the local commander in a brocade bag)
Character by character
- 锦jǐnbrocade, tapestry; embroidered
- 囊nángbag, purse, sack; to pocket, to stow
- 妙miàomysterious, subtle; clever, exquisite, wonderful
- 计jìto calculate, to count; to plan, to reckon; plot,
Idioms sharing a character
- 花团锦簇 huā tuán jǐn cù
- 衣锦荣归 yī jǐn róng guī
- 衣锦还乡 yī jǐn huán xiāng
- 锦上添花 jǐn shàng tiān huā
- 锦衣玉食 jǐn yī yù shí
- 倾囊相授 qīng náng xiāng shòu
- 囊中取物 náng zhōng qǔ wù
- 囊空如洗 náng kōng rú xǐ
- 慷慨解囊 kāng kǎi jiě náng
- 探囊取物 tàn náng qǔ wù
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