拔赵易汉 — “To achieve victory through strategic replacement or a clever maneuver”

Q: What is the Chinese definition of 拔赵易汉?

用以比喻偷换取胜或战胜、胜利之典。

拔赵易汉 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to achieve victory through strategic replacement or a clever maneuver”. To conquer and prevail, often by outwitting an opponent. Literally, “Pull out Zhao, replace with Han”.

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拔赵易汉 Pronunciation and Pinyin

拔赵易汉 Character Breakdown

Stroke Order

Character	Pinyin	Strokes	Meaning
拔	bá	8	pull out or uproot
赵	zhào	9	Ancient Chinese state name
易	yì	8	easy, change, or trade
汉	hàn	5	Han ethnic group or Chinese

Example Sentence with 拔赵易汉

在激烈的市场竞争中，他们凭借创新的营销策略，成功拔赵易汉，让产品销量一举超越了老牌对手。

In the fierce market competition, they successfully achieved a decisive victory with innovative marketing strategies, enabling their product sales to instantly overtake those of their long-established competitors.

Origin and Story of 拔赵易汉

In the early Western Han Dynasty, Han Xin led the Han army to attack the Zhao army. Nearing Jingxing Pass, he first selected 2,000 light cavalry, each carrying a red banner, to take a shortcut and lie in ambush near the Zhao camp.

He then arrayed his main forces with their backs to a river to lure the Zhao army.

The Zhao army poured out of their camp, and the Han army feigned defeat and retreated.

The previously ambushed soldiers then rushed into the Zhao army camp and hoisted the Han army's red flags, causing the Zhao army to be utterly defeated.