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to conspire; to plot / a conspiracy; a plot
HSK 6
to conspire to murder / to plot against sb's life
HSK 7-9
staff officer / to give advice
HSK 7-9
to seek; to strive for
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 murder / to assassinate / intentional homicide
crafty plots and machinations (idiom)
to scheme / to plot / conspiracy
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  *谋* | 谋* | *谋
to plan / to seek / scheme
Yuanmou County in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彞族自治州|楚雄彝族自治州, Yunnan
stratagem / scheme / shrewdness
to agree without prior consultation / to happen to hold the same view
skilled manipulator / tactician / strategist / advisor / counsellor
stratagem / strategy / resourcefulness
to plot a rebellion / to conspire against the state
to conspire
to plan matters / to look for a job
to conspire; to plot together
to gain profit (by underhand means) / to exploit / see also 謀取|谋取
to make a profit / to gain / to get an advantage
to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory) / to give advice (idiom)
rigorous schemes and deep foresight (idiom); astute and circumspect
Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece) / House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋)
to seek / to strive for / to obtain / see also 牟取
to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
mastermind / ringleader / lead plotter
to meet
to work out a strategy; to come up with a plan for
trickery / tactics
stratagem; scheme
to conspire with sb / to plot / a conspirator / a partner in crime / an accomplice
resourcefulness; ingenuity
imperial strategic adviser / expert on strategy
to scheme together / to conspire / joint plan / conspiracy
conspiracy / secret plan / to conspire
premeditated / to plan sth in advance (esp. a crime)
to premeditate; to plot
lit. deep plans and distant thoughts / to plan far ahead (idiom)
to consider / to turn over in one's mind
lit. to negotiate with a tiger for its pelt (idiom); fig. to ask sb to act contrary to their own interests
to plot and kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
bold but not very astute (idiom)
a long-term plan / an ambitious strategy
to look for a job / to seek employment
(idiom) resourceful and decisive; resolute and sagacious
a well-thought out long-term strategy
(idiom) to ask sb to act contrary to their own interests (original form of the expression 與虎謀皮|与虎谋皮)
to plan and consider / to reflect on one's best strategy
to use influence to get what one wants / to find a way through (esp. corrupt) / to succeed by means fair or foul
lit. ask passers-by how to build one's house (idiom); fig. to have no idea what to do / without a clue
to get / to obtain
forethought
to conspire openly / overt plot
to make a living / to strive to earn a living
to plot to assassinate
Raise the Red Lantern (1991), movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋
to earn one's living (Cantonese) / Mandarin equivalent: 謀生|谋生
to do business / to manage / to strive for / to use every possible means (toward a goal)
stratagem; scheme
Mozilla China, software company founded in 2005, headquartered in Beijing
profound or erudite plans
Yuanmou County in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彞族自治州|楚雄彝族自治州, Yunnan
conspirator
murder
stratagem (political or military) / trick
don't meddle in affairs that are not part of your position (Confucius)
chief of staff
(idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience
(idiom) unable to plan; inept at strategy
murder case
strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
(military) General Staff Headquarters
(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)
conspiracy theory
to conspire
conspiracy
army Chief of Staff
to get a better job somewhere else (idiom) / to seek alternative employment
to be good at working for one's own profit (idiom)
Zhang Yimou (1950-), PRC film director
premeditated
(idiom) to have never met / to be complete strangers
(military) Chief of Staff
planning is with man, accomplishing with heaven (idiom); Man proposes but God disposes.
strategic experts as thick as rain (idiom); no shortage of advisers on strategy
strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
lit. persons who walk different paths cannot make plans together / to go separate ways (idiom)
schemer / conspirator
the crime of conspiracy to overthrow the government
unpremeditated
premeditated murder


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