gambit
/ˈgæmbɪt/noun
1- (in chess) an opening in which a player makes a sacrifice, typically of a pawn, for the sake of some compensating advantage开局让棋法（国际象棋中开局时棋手牺牲一子, 多为卒, 以取得优势的下棋法）。
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- a device, action, or opening remark, typically one entailing a degree of risk, that is calculated to gain an advantage（多指带有一定风险, 以取得一定优势为目的的）策略, 动作; 开场白：
his resignation was a tactical gambit.
他的辞职是一种策略。
词源
mid 17th cent.: originally gambett, from Italian gambetto, literally 'tripping up', from gamba 'leg'.