老谋深算 (老謀深算)
lǎo móu shēn suàn
Pinyin
Definition
老谋深算 (老謀深算)
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- rigorous schemes and deep foresight (idiom); astute and circumspect
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 old variant of 深[shēn]
- 1 granted that
- 2 even if
- 1 Shenzhen subprovincial city in Guangdong, special economic zone close to Hong Kong
- 1 to regard as
- 2 to figure
- 3 to calculate
- 4 to compute
- 1 prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
- 2 old (of people)
- 3 venerable (person)
- 4 experienced
- 5 of long standing
- 6 always
- 7 all the time
- 8 of the past
- 9 very
- 10 outdated
- 11 (of meat etc) tough
Idioms (20)
一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
- 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
- 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤
- 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
- 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
上有老下有小
- 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
- 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
- 3 sandwich generation
不听老人言,吃亏在眼前
- 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
交浅言深
- 1 to talk intimately while being comparative strangers (idiom)