Hide a knife behind a smile

the tenth of the Thirty-Six Stratagems

Place strategem Q4922200

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Summary

Hide a knife behind a smile is a strategem^[1]. It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[2]

Key Facts

Follows: Watch the fires burning across the river^[3]
Followed by: Sacrifice the plum tree to preserve the peach tree^[4]
Part of: Thirty-Six Stratagems^[5]
Title: Celare un pugnale dietro un sorriso^[6]

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Quick Facts

Instance of strategem

Follows Watch the fires burning across the river

Followed by Sacrifice the plum tree to preserve the peach tree

Part of Thirty-Six Stratagems

Properties

Title Celare un pugnale dietro un sorriso

External References (2)

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Namuwiki id 소리장도

🌐 Available in 3 languages

ja笑裏蔵刀 thกลยุทธ์ซ่อนดาบในรอยยิ้ม zh笑裏藏刀

🏷️ Also known as

en Hide a knife behind a smile en Xiao li zang dao fr Dissimuler une épée dans un sourire ja 笑裏蔵刀 ru Скрывать за улыбкой кинжал th Hide a knife behind a smile th กลซ่อนดาบในรอยยิ้ม th กลยุทธ์ซ่อนดาบในรอยยิ้ม th กลศึกซ่อนดาบในรอยยิ้ม th ซ่อนดาบในรอยยิ้ม th เสี้ยวหลี่ฉางเตา zh 笑裏藏刀 zh 笑裡藏刀 zh-hans 笑里藏刀 zh-hant 外表和氣，內心陰險

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Thirty-Six Stratagems

Followed by 1

Sacrifice the plum tree to preserve the peach tree

Followed by (predecessor) 1

Sacrifice the plum tree to preserve the peach tree

Follows 1

Watch the fires burning across the river

Instance of 1

strategem

Part of 1

Thirty-Six Stratagems

Preceded by (successor) 1

Watch the fires burning across the river

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Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Hide a knife behind a smile is an instance of strategem (Q957502) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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[2] ↑ Hide a knife behind a smile is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.. Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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22h ago · Plantist · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Followed by → Sacrifice the plum tree to preserve the peach tree

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Part of → Thirty-Six Stratagems

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