陽よう動どう作さく戦せん

noun

diversionary tactics; feint operation

Military or strategic term for a deceptive maneuver designed to draw enemy attention away from the main action. Also used figuratively in business or games.

• 敵てきを欺あざむくために陽よう動どう作さく戦せんを展てん開かいした。

  They carried out a diversionary operation to deceive the enemy.

• 交こう渉しょうでは陽よう動どう作さく戦せんとして、わざと別べつの条じょう件けんを持もち出だした。

  In the negotiation, they deliberately brought up a different condition as a diversionary tactic.