以权谋私
yǐ quán móu sī
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1 to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
出谋划策
chū móu huà cè
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1 to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory)
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2 to give advice (idiom)
另谋高就
lìng móu gāo jiù
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1 to get a better job somewhere else (idiom)
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2 to seek alternative employment
善自为谋
shàn zì wéi móu
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1 to be good at working for one's own profit (idiom)
小不忍则乱大谋
xiǎo bù rěn zé luàn dà móu
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1 (idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience
有勇无谋
yǒu yǒng wú móu
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1 bold but not very astute (idiom)
深谋远虑
shēn móu yuǎn lu:4
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1 lit. deep plans and distant thoughts
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2 to plan far ahead (idiom)
疏谋少略
shū móu shǎo lu:è
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1 unable to plan
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2 inept at strategy (idiom)
私谋叛国
sī móu pàn guó
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1 to secretly plan treason (idiom)
筑室道谋
zhù shì dào móu
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1 lit. ask passers-by how to build one's house (idiom); fig. to have no idea what to do
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2 without a clue
老谋深算
lǎo móu shēn suàn
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1 rigorous schemes and deep foresight (idiom); astute and circumspect
觥筹交错
gōng chóu jiāo cuò
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1 wine goblets and gambling chips lie intertwined
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2 to drink and gamble together in a large group (idiom)
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3 a big (drinking) party
谋事在人,成事在天
móu shì zài rén , chéng shì zài tiān
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1 planning is with man, accomplishing with heaven (idiom); Man proposes but God disposes.
谋臣如雨
móu chén rú yǔ
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1 strategic experts as thick as rain (idiom); no shortage of advisers on strategy
谋臣武将
móu chén wǔ jiàng
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1 strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
谋臣猛将
móu chén měng jiàng
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1 strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
谋财害命
móu cái hài mìng
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1 to plot and kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
运筹帷幄
yùn chóu wéi wò
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1 lit. to devise battle plan in a tent (idiom)
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2 fig. planning strategies
运筹帷幄之中,决胜千里之外
yùn chóu wéi wò zhī zhōng , jué shèng qiān lǐ zhī wài
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1 a general planning in the seclusion of his tent is able to determine the outcome of the distant battle (idiom)
道不同不相为谋
dào bù tóng bù xiāng wéi móu
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1 lit. persons who walk different paths cannot make plans together
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2 to go separate ways (idiom)