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苦肉计

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Collocation

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不苦肉计定骗得了人
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上演了苦肉计场苦肉计
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使出苦肉计
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用苦肉计
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这可能是苦肉计

Definition

苦肉计

Literally means:

strategy of bitter flesh

Actually means:

a trick of having oneself tortured to win the confidence of the enemy

It figuratively means scheme by which one inflicts an injury to himself to win the confidence of another person so as to attain his goal.

用故意伤害自己的身体的办法来骗取别人信任,以便达到某种目的的计策。

Example

Used as object or adverbial adjunct. (作宾语、状语)
1
shízài
实在
méiyǒu
没有
biède
别的
bàn
办法
hái
qián
  
,
zhǐnéng
只能
xiǎngchū
想出
tiàolóu
跳楼
shā
自杀
de
ròu
苦肉计
  
,
shǐ
使
父母
hái
diào
le
shíwàn
十万
yuán
zhài
  

He really has no other way to pay back the money, can only come up with a suicide plan, so that his parents for him to pay off a hundred thousand yuan debt.

2
Zhège
这个
liánchóng
可怜虫
  
,
wèile
为了
ràng
péngyou
女朋友
kāi
离开
  
,
jìng
shǐ
使
chū
le
jiǎ
shā
自杀
de
ròu
苦肉计
  

This poor man, in order to keep his girlfriend from leaving him, actually made a fake suicide bitter plan.

3
Zhège
这个
gài
乞丐
suīrán
虽然
xiǎng
yòng
ròu
苦肉计
博取
tóngqíng
同情
  
,
piàn
骗取
shànxīn
善心
  
,
dànshì
但是
jiā
大家
dōu
zhīdào
知道
zhè
shì
jiǎ
de
  
,
méi
rén
kěn
gěi
qián
  

Although the beggar wants to use bitter meat to win sympathy and cheat good intentions, but we all know that this is false, no one will give him money.

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