tào shù
song cycle in Chinese opera
(fig.) a series of tricks
polite remarks
number of (things that are counted in 套[tao4], like houses)
liù tāo sān lüè
"Six Secret Strategic Teachings” 六韜|六韬[Lìu Tāo] and ”Three Strategies of Huang Shigong” 三略[Sān Lüè], two of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wǔ jīng Qī Shū]