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a national policy
essay on policy in question and answer form used in imperial exams
policy of nuclear intimidation
the best policy / the best thing one can do in the circumstances
The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)
strategic decision / decision-making / policy decision / to determine policy
HSK 6
foreign policy
one-China policy
lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis
strategy; tactics / crafty; adroit
HSK 6
wise policy / best policy
decision tree
Pulitzer Prize
to plot / to scheme / to bring about / to engineer / planning / producer / planner
HSK 6
foreign policy
sponsor / plotter / schemer
to spur on / to urge on / to encourage sb (e.g. to make progress)
HSK 7-9
policymaker
good plan / good idea
to curate
to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory) / to give advice (idiom)
countermeasure for dealing with a situation
HSK 7-9
state policy
curator
policy / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
to instigate (rebellion etc) / incitement (e.g. to desertion within opposing camp)
good-neighbor policy
to conspire / to plot (a rebellion, crime etc) / to machinate / to spur on / to urge action
to live in luxury / lit. to ride a solid carriage pulled by fat horses
laissez-faire policy; non-interference
two-pronged strategy
to offer advice / to make a suggestion
stratagem
HSK 7-9
to blunder / to miscalculate / miscalculation / unwise (move)
strategist / counsellor on military strategy
closed-door policy
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surname Ce
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policy / plan / scheme / bamboo slip for writing (old) / to whip (a horse) / to encourage / riding crop with sharp spines (old) / essay written for the imperial examinations (old) / upward horizontal stroke in calligraphy
local policy / regional regulations
Chira County in Hotan Prefecture 和田地區|和田地区, Xinjiang
to support by coordinated action
ostrich policy (sticking one's head in the sand, failing to acknowledge danger)
stratagem of convenience (idiom); stop-gap measure / makeshift plan / interim step
place of origin / source (of a war or a social movement)
"Strategies of the Warring States", chronicle of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), possibly written by Su Qin 蘇秦|苏秦
communication management; public relations
Chira County in Hotan Prefecture 和田地區|和田地区, Xinjiang
to urge on a horse using a whip or spurs
one-child policy
stratagem (political or military) / trick
Treatise 134 BC by Han dynasty philosopher Dong Zhongshu 董仲舒
essay on current affairs submitted to the emperor as policy advice (old)
to urge (sb to do do sth) / to drive (sb to take an action)
Three Alls Policy (kill all, burn all, loot all), Japanese policy in China during WWII
of the thirty-six stratagems, the best option is to flee (idiom) / the best thing to do is leave
to encourage / to urge / to impel / to spur sb on
Sun Ce (175-200), general and major warlord of the Later Han Dynasty
imperial exam involving writing essay on policy 策論|策论
variant of 策劃|策划
Honinbo Shusaku (1829-1862), Japanese Go player
strategy / policy / general plan / variant of 方冊|方册
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variant of
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variant of


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