妙计

妙計
miàojì
noun #18,633

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 brilliant scheme
  2. 2 excellent plan
  3. 3 clever stratagem

Examples

Tā xiǎngchū le yī gè miàojì.
He came up with a brilliant plan.
Zhūgě Liàng de jǐnnáng miàojì jiù le dàjiā.
Zhuge Liang's secret brilliant plan saved everyone.

Tips

culture
妙计 (jǐnnáng miàojì, 'brocade bag of brilliant plans') comes from Romance of the Three Kingdoms, where Zhuge Liang would seal clever strategies in silk pouches to be opened at critical moments.

Stroke Order

miào