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plan / idea / decision / CL: 個|个 / Beijing pr. [zhu2 yi5]
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *划* | 划* | *划
to delimit / to transfer / to assign / to plan / to draw (a line) / stroke of a Chinese character
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *图* | 图* | *图
diagram / picture / drawing / chart / map / CL: 張|张 / to plan / to scheme / to attempt / to pursue / to seek
HSK 3
middle (of a period of time) / medium-term (plan, forecast etc)
HSK 6
to start (a machine) / (fig.) to set in motion / to launch (an operation) / to activate (a plan)
HSK 5
plan / program (for action etc) / proposal / proposed bill / CL: 個|个,
HSK 4
plan / project / program / to plan / to map out / CL: 個|个, 項|项
HSK 2
(TV or radio) program; show / item; act; segment; number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) / a planned activity (in one's schedule) / CL: 場|场, 項|项, 臺|台, , 檔|档
HSK 2
to design; to plan / design; plan
HSK 3
to plan / to intend / to calculate / plan / intention / calculation / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
to arrange / to plan / to set up / arrangements / plans
HSK 3
to push (e.g. for acceptance of a plan); to promote; to give impetus to
HSK 3
lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
HSK 7-9
cold water / unboiled water / fig. not yet ready (of plans)
HSK 6
planning is with man, accomplishing with heaven (idiom); Man proposes but God disposes.
draft of a document / script / manuscript / mental plan / precedent
HSK 6
to weave; to plait / to compile; to put together (a lesson plan, budget etc)
HSK 6
to draw up a plan; to map out a program / a plan; a program
HSK 5
to plot / to scheme / to bring about / to engineer / planning / producer / planner
HSK 6
scrapped plan, proposal, or design
the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom) / early planning is the key to success
first round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc)
to imagine / to assume / to envisage / tentative plan / to have consideration for
HSK 5
strategy; overall plan (esp. high-level or policy)
to plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom) / to rehearse a planned action or activity / to conduct a dry run
to make a draft / to draw up (plans)
HSK 7-9
lit. not even the first stroke of the character has been written (idiom) / fig. things have not even gotten started yet; nothing tangible has come of one's plans yet
make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom) / early morning is the golden time of the day
to lay down (a rule, a plan of action) / to draw up / booked out (i.e. already fully booked)
Made in China 2025, strategic plan to upgrade Chinese industry especially in high-tech areas, approved by China's State Council in 2015
a concrete plan / a definite plan
to reckon / to calculate / to plan / to expect / to scheme
HSK 7-9
ahead of schedule / sooner than planned / to bring forward (to an earlier time)
HSK 7-9
program (i.e. plan of action) / guiding principle
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to have a well-thought-out plan in mind
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *略* | 略* | *略
brief; sketchy / outline; summary / to omit / (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly / plan; strategy / to capture (territory)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *执* | 执* | *执
to execute (a plan) / to grasp
an overall plan / to plan an entire project as a whole
HSK 7-9
brilliant plan / ingenious method / perfect solution
business plan
to thwart; to foil (sb's plans) / a setback; a failure; a defeat
to arrive as planned / right on schedule
to plan and prepare
HSK 7-9
meticulous planning and careful accounting (idiom)
HSK 7-9
(idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience
(of a seed) to germinate / (of a plant) to sprout; to bud / (fig.) (of an idea or plan etc) to start to develop
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *售* | 售* | *售
(bound form) to sell; to retail / (literary) to carry out (a plan or intrigue etc)
an overall plan taking into account all factors
to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory) / to give advice (idiom)
to plan to seize power of the whole country (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *计* | 计* | *计
to calculate / to compute / to count / to regard as important / to plan / ruse / meter / gauge
HSK 7-9
path taken by people moving through a space; flowline (in architecture, interior design, urban planning etc)
to deliberate / to talk over / to plan
overall plan / master plan
common program / formal program of the communist party after 1949, that served as interim national plan
to scheme together / to conspire / joint plan / conspiracy
to plan matters / to look for a job
conspiracy / secret plan / to conspire
to try to persuade sb to give up (their job, plans etc)
to have a plan / to know what one is doing
man proposes, God disposes (idiom) / one's plans can be derailed by unforeseen events
lit. to follow the recipe (idiom) / to follow the same plan
to plan / operations / logistics
final account / to calculate the final bill / fig. to draw up plans to deal with sth
divine strategy and wonderful planning (idiom) / clever scheme / supremely clever in his schemes
to bother about / to haggle / to bicker / to argue / plan / stratagem
HSK 7-9
blueprint / drawing / design plans / graph paper
HSK 7-9
to put about (a story, plan, threat etc) / to let it be known (esp. of threat or malicious story) / to threaten
a general planning in the seclusion of his tent is able to determine the outcome of the distant battle (idiom)
planing / planing machine operator / planer
the zero point indicator marked on a steelyard / fixed opinion / solid idea / decisive plan
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拟* | 拟* | *拟
to plan to / to draft (a plan) / to imitate / to assess / to compare / pseudo-
HSK 7-9
to compute on the abacus / (fig.) to calculate / to plan / to scheme
Deng Xiaoping's four modernizations practiced from the 1980s (possibly planned together with Zhou Enlai), namely: modernization of industry, agriculture, national defense and science and technology / abbr. to 四化
family planning
Heaven is not cooperating (idiom) / the weather is not favorable for the planned activity
to be able to plan victory from a thousand miles away (idiom)
to act according to plan
skillful execution and strategic planning; technical and tactical skills (abbr. for 技術|技术 + 戰術|战术)
to work out a strategy; to come up with a plan for
good medicine / effective prescription / fig. good plan / effective strategy
Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女, given by King Gou Jian 勾踐|勾践 of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu
to design / to plot / to plan out / to compose / to draw a mental sketch / conception / plan / idea / composition
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *筹* | 筹* | *筹
chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket / to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds) / resource; way; means
HSK 7-9
excellent plan; brilliant scheme
planned economy
town planning
to plan (a project)
to have a plan in mind
to be clueless / to have no plan
general layout / site plan
Double First-Class University Plan, Chinese government project to develop both a group of Chinese universities and a group of subject disciplines to be world-class by 2050, implemented from 2017
multiplication tables / (fig.) plan / scheme
new town; planned community
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *措* | 措* | *措
to handle / to manage / to put in order / to arrange / to administer / to execute / to take action on / to plan
stratagem of convenience (idiom); stop-gap measure / makeshift plan / interim step
good plan / right strategy / to take one's time forming the right decision
(I, they etc) of course have (a plan, a way etc) / one's own (apartment, brand etc)
good plan / good idea
planned childbirth / birth control / family planning / abbr. for 計劃生育|计划生育

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