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运筹帷幄
運籌帷幄
yùnchóuwéiwò
1. lit. to devise battle plan in a tent (idiom)
2. fig. planning strategies

Character Breakdown

运
yùn
to run; ship, transport; fortune, luck
HSK 2 7 丶
筹
chóu
chip, tally, token; to plan; to raise money
HSK 6 13 丶
帷
wéi
curtain, screen, tent
11 丶
幄
wò
tent; mosquito net
12 丶

Compound Words (1)

运筹帷幄之中，决胜千里之外
yùnchóuwéiwòzhīzhōng,juéshèngqiānlǐzhīwài
a general planning in the seclusion of his tent is able to determine the outcome of the distant battle (idiom)

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