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to conspire; to plot / a conspiracy; a plot
HSK 6
planning is with man, accomplishing with heaven (idiom); Man proposes but God disposes.
to agree without prior consultation / to happen to hold the same view
to conspire; to plot together
mastermind / ringleader / lead plotter
to seek / to strive for / to obtain / see also 牟取
chief of staff
to seek; to strive for
HSK 7-9
(idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience
staff officer / to give advice
HSK 7-9
to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory) / to give advice (idiom)
Zhang Yimou (1950-), PRC film director
to conspire to murder / to plot against sb's life
HSK 7-9
resourceful / full of stratagems
HSK 7-9
to seek one's livelihood / to work to support oneself / to earn a living
HSK 7-9
to consider / to turn over in one's mind
to murder / to assassinate / intentional homicide
stratagem / strategy / resourcefulness
to scheme together / to conspire / joint plan / conspiracy
to plan matters / to look for a job
conspiracy / secret plan / to conspire
to premeditate; to plot
to get a better job somewhere else (idiom) / to seek alternative employment
(idiom) resourceful and decisive; resolute and sagacious
to work out a strategy; to come up with a plan for
don't meddle in affairs that are not part of your position (Confucius)
(idiom) to ask sb to act contrary to their own interests (original form of the expression 與虎謀皮|与虎谋皮)
trickery / tactics
resourcefulness; ingenuity
stratagem (political or military) / trick
stratagem / scheme / shrewdness
unpremeditated
to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
lit. persons who walk different paths cannot make plans together / to go separate ways (idiom)
to be good at working for one's own profit (idiom)
schemer / conspirator
lit. to negotiate with a tiger for its pelt (idiom); fig. to ask sb to act contrary to their own interests
lit. ask passers-by how to build one's house (idiom); fig. to have no idea what to do / without a clue
(military) Chief of Staff
bold but not very astute (idiom)
strategic experts as thick as rain (idiom); no shortage of advisers on strategy
(idiom) to take matters into one's own hands / to go it alone / to fend for oneself / to find one's own way forward (esp. to find oneself a job)
stratagem; scheme
to plot to assassinate
skilled manipulator / tactician / strategist / advisor / counsellor
a well-thought out long-term strategy
to use influence to get what one wants / to find a way through (esp. corrupt) / to succeed by means fair or foul
premeditated
forethought
conspiracy
to conspire with sb / to plot / a conspirator / a partner in crime / an accomplice
lit. deep plans and distant thoughts / to plan far ahead (idiom)
conspiracy theory
to conspire
Mozilla China, software company founded in 2005, headquartered in Beijing
to conspire
to make a profit / to gain / to get an advantage
murder
the crime of conspiracy to overthrow the government
to conspire openly / overt plot
a long-term plan / an ambitious strategy
profound or erudite plans
crafty plots and machinations (idiom)
to do business / to manage / to strive for / to use every possible means (toward a goal)
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  *谋* | 谋* | *谋
to plan / to seek / scheme
stratagem; scheme
to plot and kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
to plan and consider / to reflect on one's best strategy
(idiom) unable to plan; inept at strategy
(idiom) to have never met / to be complete strangers
(military) General Staff Headquarters
conspirator
army Chief of Staff
to scheme / to plot / conspiracy
premeditated / to plan sth in advance (esp. a crime)
strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
to meet
rigorous schemes and deep foresight (idiom); astute and circumspect
to get / to obtain
to plot a rebellion / to conspire against the state
to look for a job / to seek employment
imperial strategic adviser / expert on strategy
murder case
strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
to make a living / to strive to earn a living
Yuanmou, a county in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彝族自治州, Yunnan
premeditated murder


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