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1.瞒天过海 crossing the sea under camouflage
2.围魏救赵 relieving the state of Zhao by besieging the state of Wei
3.借刀杀人 killing someone with a borrowed knife
4.以逸待劳 waiting at one’s ease for the exhausted enemy
5.趁火打劫 plundering a burning house
6.声东击西 making a feint to the east and attacking in the west
7.无中生有 creating something out of nothing
8.暗渡陈仓 advancing secretly by an unknown path
9.隔岸观火 watching a fire from the other side of the river
10.笑里藏刀 covering the dagger with a smile
11.李代桃僵 palming off substitute for the real thing
12.顺手牵羊 picking up something in passing
13.打草惊蛇 beating the grass to frighten the snake
14.借尸还魂 resurrecting a dead soul by borrowing a corpse
15.调虎离山 luring the tiger out of his den
16.欲擒故纵 letting the enemy off in order to catch him
17.抛砖引玉 giving the enemy something to induce him to lose more valuable things
18.擒贼擒王 capturing the ringleader first in order to capture all the followers
19.釜底抽薪 extracting the firewood from under the cauldron
20.混水摸鱼 muddling the water to catch the fish; fishing in troubled waters
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