"二桃殺三士" meaning in Chinese

{
  "etymology_text": "Based on a story in Yanzi chunqiu, when Yan Ying, the prime minister of the State of Qi schemed three arrogant and disobedient generals to death by awarding two peaches to the generals who accomplished the most. Conflicts arose and all of them committed suicide under remorse and shame. Compare with the mythology of apple of discord.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "二桃杀三士",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "二桃殺三士",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "killing three warriors with two peaches",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to kill someone with plot"
      ],
      "id": "en-二桃殺三士-zh-phrase-fLKlB5Cj",
      "links": [
        [
          "kill",
          "kill"
        ],
        [
          "someone",
          "someone"
        ],
        [
          "plot",
          "plot"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "State of Qi",
        "Yan Ying",
        "Yanzi chunqiu"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "èrtáo shā sānshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄦˋ ㄊㄠˊ ㄕㄚ ㄙㄢ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "èrtáo shā sānshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "èrtáo sha sanshìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "êrh⁴-tʻao² sha¹ san¹-shih⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "èr-táu shā sān-shr̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "elltaur sha sanshyh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "эртао ша саньши"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ertao ša sanʹši"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀɤɻ⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀɤɻ⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "二桃殺三士"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Based on a story in Yanzi chunqiu, when Yan Ying, the prime minister of the State of Qi schemed three arrogant and disobedient generals to death by awarding two peaches to the generals who accomplished the most. Conflicts arose and all of them committed suicide under remorse and shame. Compare with the mythology of apple of discord.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "二桃杀三士",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "二桃殺三士",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "killing three warriors with two peaches",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 三",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 二",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 士",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 桃",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 殺",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to kill someone with plot"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kill",
          "kill"
        ],
        [
          "someone",
          "someone"
        ],
        [
          "plot",
          "plot"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "State of Qi",
        "Yan Ying",
        "Yanzi chunqiu"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "èrtáo shā sānshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄦˋ ㄊㄠˊ ㄕㄚ ㄙㄢ ㄕˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "èrtáo shā sānshì"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "èrtáo sha sanshìh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "êrh⁴-tʻao² sha¹ san¹-shih⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "èr-táu shā sān-shr̀"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "elltaur sha sanshyh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "эртао ша саньши"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ertao ša sanʹši"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀɤɻ⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˀɤɻ⁵¹ tʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂä⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "二桃殺三士"
}

{
  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: '(Standard Chinese)⁺'",
  "path": [
    "二桃殺三士"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "二桃殺三士",
  "trace": ""
}