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


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