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strategy
HSK 6
strategy; tactics / crafty; adroit
HSK 6
one's two hands / two prongs (of a strategy) / both aspects, eventualities etc / skills / expertise
HSK 6
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  *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
(literary) to storm and capture / strategy; directions; guide; how-to
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bow case or scabbard / to hide / military strategy
military strategy
art of war / military strategy and tactics
lit. to devise battle plan in a tent (idiom) / fig. planning strategies
alternative (plan, arrangement, strategy etc)
to work out a strategy; to come up with a plan for
suddenly and completely (realize, change one's strategy etc)
good medicine / effective prescription / fig. good plan / effective strategy
(idiom) to adopt a blitzkrieg strategy; to resolve sth in the shortest time possible
divine strategy and wonderful planning (idiom) / clever scheme / supremely clever in his schemes
stratagem / strategy / resourcefulness
military strategy / military tactics / originally refers to military classics Six Secret Teachings 六韜|六韬 and Three Strategies 三略
imperial strategic adviser / expert on strategy
military strategy
great skill and strategy
a long-term plan / an ambitious strategy
suddenly and completely (realize, change one's strategy etc) / also written 幡然
to besiege and strike the relief force (idiom); strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops
a well-thought out long-term strategy
strategist / counsellor on military strategy
to plan and consider / to reflect on one's best strategy
"Strategies of the Warring States", chronicle of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), possibly written by Su Qin 蘇秦|苏秦
strategy / policy / general plan / variant of 方冊|方册
good plan / right strategy / to take one's time forming the right decision
"Three Strategies of Huang Shigong", one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China
"Six Secret Strategic Teachings" 六韜|六韬 and "Three Strategies of Huang Shigong" 三略, two of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书, attributed to Jiang Ziya 姜子牙
Seven Military Classics of ancient China viz "Six Secret Strategic Teachings" 六韜|六韬, "Methods of Sima" 司馬法|司马法, "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法, "Wuzi" 吳子|吴子, "Wei Liaozi" 尉繚子|尉缭子, "Three Strategies of Huang Shigong" 黃石公三略|黄石公三略 and "Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang" 唐太宗李衛公問對|唐太宗李卫公问对
mixed ownership reform (strategy aimed at enhancing the efficiency and competitiveness of state-owned enterprises)
Wei Lao (c. 450 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), advisor to the first Qin emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇, possible author of the Wei Liaozi 尉繚子|尉缭子 text on military strategy
(idiom) unable to plan; inept at strategy
people's war, military strategy advocated by Mao whereby a large number of ordinary citizens provide support in a campaign
to adopt (a system, policy, strategy etc)
two-pronged strategy
Xia Huanggong also known as Huang Shigong 黃石公|黄石公 (dates of birth and death uncertain), Daoist hermit of the Qin Dynasty 秦代 and purported author of “Three Strategies of Huang Shigong” 黃石公三略|黄石公三略, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书
dissemination as fruit (evolutionary strategy for seed dispersal)
no strategy left to try (idiom); at one's wit's end / at the end of one's tether / powerless
a teaching strategy combining a concise explanation of essential concepts with frequent practice
strategic experts as thick as rain (idiom); no shortage of advisers on strategy
long-term strategy
analogy strategies
military strategy and tactics / the imperial guard


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