鞭策
biān cè
Pinyin

Definition

鞭策
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biān cè
  1. to spur on
  2. to urge on
  3. to encourage sb (e.g. to make progress)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

鞭炮
biān pào
  1. 1 firecrackers
  2. 2 string of small firecrackers
  3. 3 CL:枚[méi]
对策
duì cè
  1. 1 countermeasure for dealing with a situation
政策
zhèng cè
  1. 1 policy
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
决策
jué cè
  1. 1 strategic decision
  2. 2 decision-making
  3. 3 policy decision
  4. 4 to determine policy
策划
cè huà
  1. 1 to plot
  2. 2 to scheme
  3. 3 to bring about
  4. 4 to engineer
  5. 5 planning
  6. 6 producer
  7. 7 planner
策略
cè lu:è
  1. 1 strategy
  2. 2 tactics
  3. 3 crafty
  4. 4 adroit
计策
jì cè
  1. 1 stratagem
鞭
biān
  1. 1 whip or lash
  2. 2 to flog
  3. 3 to whip
  4. 4 conductor's baton
  5. 5 segmented iron weapon (old)
  6. 6 penis (of animal, served as food)
鞭子
biān zi
  1. 1 whip
  2. 2 CL:根[gēn]
鞭策
biān cè
  1. 1 to spur on
  2. 2 to urge on
  3. 3 to encourage sb (e.g. to make progress)
出谋划策
chū móu huà cè
  1. 1 to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory)
  2. 2 to give advice (idiom)
国策
guó cè
  1. 1 a national policy
失策
shī cè
  1. 1 to blunder
  2. 2 to miscalculate
  3. 3 miscalculation
  4. 4 unwise (move)
孙策
Sūn Cè
  1. 1 Sun Ce (175-200), general and major warlord of the Later Han Dynasty
快马加鞭
kuài mǎ jiā biān
  1. 1 to spur the horse to full speed (idiom)
  2. 2 to go as fast as possible
扬鞭
yáng biān
  1. 1 to whip on
  2. 2 to raise a whip
  3. 3 by ext. to swagger
教鞭
jiào biān
  1. 1 teacher's pointer
普利策奖
Pǔ lì cè jiǎng
  1. 1 Pulitzer Prize
束手无策
shù shǒu wú cè
  1. 1 lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis
决策者
jué cè zhě
  1. 1 policymaker

Idioms (8)

上有政策，下有对策
shàng yǒu zhèng cè , xià yǒu duì cè
  1. 1 The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)
出谋划策
chū móu huà cè
  1. 1 to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory)
  2. 2 to give advice (idiom)
快马加鞭
kuài mǎ jiā biān
  1. 1 to spur the horse to full speed (idiom)
  2. 2 to go as fast as possible
投鞭断流
tóu biān duàn liú
  1. 1 arms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army
掘墓鞭尸
jué mù biān shī
  1. 1 to exhume a body for public flogging (idiom)
束手无策
shù shǒu wú cè
  1. 1 lit. to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis
权宜之策
quán yí zhī cè
  1. 1 stratagem of convenience (idiom); stop-gap measure
  2. 2 makeshift plan
  3. 3 interim step
鞭长莫及
biān cháng mò jí
  1. 1 lit. the whip cannot reach (idiom); beyond one's influence
  2. 2 too far to be able to help

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