疏谋少略
shū móu shǎo lu:è
Pinyin

Definition

疏谋少略
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shū móu shǎo lu:è
  1. unable to plan
  2. inept at strategy (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

多少
duō shǎo
  1. 1 number
  2. 2 amount
  3. 3 somewhat
少
shǎo
  1. 1 few
  2. 2 less
  3. 3 to lack
  4. 4 to be missing
  5. 5 to stop (doing sth)
  6. 6 seldom
不少
bù shǎo
  1. 1 many
  2. 2 a lot
  3. 3 not few
少儿
shào ér
  1. 1 child
少女
shào nu:3
  1. 1 girl
  2. 2 young lady
少年
shào nián
  1. 1 early youth
  2. 2 youngster
  3. 3 (literary) youth
  4. 4 young man
少数
shǎo shù
  1. 1 small number
  2. 2 few
  3. 3 minority
少林寺
Shào lín Sì
  1. 1 Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
少爷
shào ye
  1. 1 son of the boss
  2. 2 young master of the house
  3. 3 your son (honorific)
少许
shǎo xǔ
  1. 1 a little
  2. 2 a few
少量
shǎo liàng
  1. 1 a smidgen
  2. 2 a little bit
  3. 3 a few
年少
nián shào
  1. 1 young
  2. 2 junior
忽略
hū lu:è
  1. 1 to neglect
  2. 2 to overlook
  3. 3 to ignore
战略
zhàn lu:è
  1. 1 strategy
攻略
gōng lu:è
  1. 1 strategy
  2. 2 directions
  3. 3 guide
  4. 4 how-to
最少
zuì shǎo
  1. 1 at least
  2. 2 minimum
  3. 3 lowest (amount)
  4. 4 minimal
减少
jiǎn shǎo
  1. 1 to lessen
  2. 2 to decrease
  3. 3 to reduce
  4. 4 to lower
略
lu:è
  1. 1 plan
  2. 2 strategy
  3. 3 outline
  4. 4 summary
  5. 5 slightly
  6. 6 rather
  7. 7 to rob
  8. 8 to plunder
  9. 9 to summarize
  10. 10 to omit
省略
shěng lu:è
  1. 1 to leave out
  2. 2 an omission
策略
cè lu:è
  1. 1 strategy
  2. 2 tactics
  3. 3 crafty
  4. 4 adroit

Idioms (18)

人烟稀少
rén yān xī shǎo
  1. 1 no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
以少胜多
yǐ shǎo shèng duō
  1. 1 using the few to defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
僧多粥少
sēng duō zhōu shǎo
  1. 1 lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. not enough to go around
  3. 3 demand exceeds supply
凶多吉少
xiōng duō jí shǎo
  1. 1 everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); inauspicious
  2. 2 everything points to disaster
多一事不如少一事
duō yī shì bù rú shǎo yī shì
  1. 1 it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble (idiom)
  2. 2 the less complications the better
寡二少双
guǎ èr shǎo shuāng
  1. 1 peerless
  2. 2 second to none (idiom)
少女露笑脸，婚事半成全
shào nu:3 lù xiào liǎn , hūn shì bàn chéng quán
  1. 1 When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done. (idiom)
少成多
shǎo chéng duō
  1. 1 Many little things add up to sth great (idiom); many a mickle makes a muckle
少见多怪
shǎo jiàn duō guài
  1. 1 lit. rarely seen, very strange (idiom); to express amazement due to lack of experience
  2. 2 naive expression of excitement due to ignorance
攻城略地
gōng chéng lu:è dì
  1. 1 to take cities and seize territories (idiom)
洋场恶少
yáng chǎng è shào
  1. 1 city infested with foreign adventurers (esp. of Shanghai in pre-Liberation China) (idiom)
略见一斑
lu:è jiàn yī bān
  1. 1 lit. to glimpse just one spot (of the panther) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to get an inkling of the whole picture
略迹原情
lu:è jì yuán qíng
  1. 1 to overlook past faults (idiom); to forgive and forget
疏谋少略
shū móu shǎo lu:è
  1. 1 unable to plan
  2. 2 inept at strategy (idiom)
积少成多
jī shǎo chéng duō
  1. 1 Many little things add up to sth great.
  2. 2 Many little drops make an ocean. (idiom)
胸有成略
xiōng yǒu chéng lu:è
  1. 1 the hero has plans already laid (idiom); to have plans ready in advance
  2. 2 forewarned is forearmed
英雄所见略同
yīng xióng suǒ jiàn lu:è tóng
  1. 1 lit. heroes usually agree (idiom); Great minds think alike.
酒逢知己千杯少
jiǔ féng zhī jǐ qiān bēi shǎo
  1. 1 a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom)
  2. 2 when you're with close friends, you can let your hair down

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