权谋
quán móu
Pinyin

Definition

权谋
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quán móu
  1. trickery
  2. tactics

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

zhǔ quán
  1. 1 sovereignty
rén quán
  1. 1 human rights
Zhāng Yì móu
  1. 1 Zhang Yimou (1950-), PRC film director
shòu quán
  1. 1 to authorize
Quán
  1. 1 surname Quan
quán lì
  1. 1 right (i.e. an entitlement to sth)
  2. 2 (classical) power and wealth
quán lì
  1. 1 power
  2. 2 authority
quán shì
  1. 1 power
  2. 2 influence
quán wēi
  1. 1 authority
  2. 2 authoritative
  3. 3 power and prestige
bǎn quán
  1. 1 copyright
tè quán
  1. 1 prerogative
  2. 2 privilege
  3. 3 privileged
wéi quán
  1. 1 to defend (legal) rights
móu
  1. 1 to plan
  2. 2 to seek
  3. 3 scheme
móu shā
  1. 1 to murder
  2. 2 to assassinate
  3. 3 intentional homicide
móu shā àn
  1. 1 murder case
móu lu:è
  1. 1 stratagem
  2. 2 strategy
  3. 3 resourcefulness
móu miàn
  1. 1 to meet
yīn móu
  1. 1 plot
  2. 2 conspiracy
bù móu ér hé
  1. 1 to agree without prior consultation
  2. 2 to happen to hold the same view
zhǔ dòng quán
  1. 1 initiative (as in "seize the initiative")
  2. 2 advantageous position that allows one to call the shots

Idioms (20)

不畏强权
bù wèi qiáng quán
  1. 1 not to submit to force (idiom); to defy threats and violence
以权谋私
yǐ quán móu sī
  1. 1 to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
以言代法,以权压法
yǐ yán dài fǎ , yǐ quán yā fǎ
  1. 1 to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior
  2. 2 Might makes right.
出谋划策
chū móu huà cè
  1. 1 to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory)
  2. 2 to give advice (idiom)
另谋高就
lìng móu gāo jiù
  1. 1 to get a better job somewhere else (idiom)
  2. 2 to seek alternative employment
善自为谋
shàn zì wéi móu
  1. 1 to be good at working for one's own profit (idiom)
丧权辱国
sàng quán rǔ guó
  1. 1 to forfeit sovereignty and humiliate the country (idiom)
  2. 2 to surrender territory under humiliating terms
小不忍则乱大谋
xiǎo bù rěn zé luàn dà móu
  1. 1 (idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience
攀附权贵
pān fù quán guì
  1. 1 to cling to the powerful and rich (idiom); social climbing
有勇无谋
yǒu yǒng wú móu
  1. 1 bold but not very astute (idiom)
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
权宜之计
quán yí zhī jì
  1. 1 plan of convenience (idiom); stop-gap measure
  2. 2 makeshift stratagem
  3. 3 interim step
权衡利弊
quán héng lì bì
  1. 1 to weigh the pros and cons (idiom)
深谋远虑
shēn móu yuǎn lu:4
  1. 1 lit. deep plans and distant thoughts
  2. 2 to plan far ahead (idiom)
争权夺利
zhēng quán duó lì
  1. 1 scramble for power and profit (idiom); power struggle
疏谋少略
shū móu shǎo lu:è
  1. 1 unable to plan
  2. 2 inept at strategy (idiom)
私谋叛国
sī móu pàn guó
  1. 1 to secretly plan treason (idiom)
筑室道谋
zhù shì dào móu
  1. 1 lit. ask passers-by how to build one's house (idiom); fig. to have no idea what to do
  2. 2 without a clue
老谋深算
lǎo móu shēn suàn
  1. 1 rigorous schemes and deep foresight (idiom); astute and circumspect
谋事在人,成事在天
móu shì zài rén , chéng shì zài tiān
  1. 1 planning is with man, accomplishing with heaven (idiom); Man proposes but God disposes.

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