钻谋
zuān móu
Pinyin

Definition

钻谋
 - 
zuān móu
  1. to use influence to get what one wants
  2. to find a way through (esp. corrupt)
  3. to succeed by means fair or foul

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

谋杀案
móu shā àn
  1. 1 murder case
钻
zuān
  1. 1 to drill
  2. 2 to bore
  3. 3 to get into
  4. 4 to make one's way into
  5. 5 to enter (a hole)
  6. 6 to thread one's way through
  7. 7 to study intensively
  8. 8 to dig into
  9. 9 to curry favor for personal gain
钻戒
zuàn jiè
  1. 1 diamond ring
  2. 2 CL:隻|只[zhī]
钻石
zuàn shí
  1. 1 diamond
  2. 2 CL:顆|颗[kē]
出谋划策
chū móu huà cè
  1. 1 to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory)
  2. 2 to give advice (idiom)
参谋
cān móu
  1. 1 staff officer
  2. 2 to give advice
密谋
mì móu
  1. 1 conspiracy
  2. 2 secret plan
  3. 3 to conspire
张艺谋
Zhāng Yì móu
  1. 1 Zhang Yimou (1950-), PRC film director
计谋
jì móu
  1. 1 stratagem
  2. 2 scheme
谋
móu
  1. 1 to plan
  2. 2 to seek
  3. 3 scheme
谋划
móu huà
  1. 1 to scheme
  2. 2 to plot
  3. 3 conspiracy
谋杀
móu shā
  1. 1 to murder
  2. 2 to assassinate
  3. 3 intentional homicide
谋求
móu qiú
  1. 1 to seek
  2. 2 to strive for
谋生
móu shēng
  1. 1 to seek one's livelihood
  2. 2 to work to support oneself
  3. 3 to earn a living
谋略
móu lu:è
  1. 1 stratagem
  2. 2 strategy
  3. 3 resourcefulness
谋面
móu miàn
  1. 1 to meet
钻心
zuān xīn
  1. 1 to sneak in
  2. 2 to infiltrate
  3. 3 to be piercingly painful
  4. 4 to be unbearable (of pain, itch etc)
钻研
zuān yán
  1. 1 to study meticulously
  2. 2 to delve into
钻进
zuān jìn
  1. 1 to get into
  2. 2 to dig into (studies, job etc)
  3. 3 to squeeze into
阴谋
yīn móu
  1. 1 plot
  2. 2 conspiracy

Idioms (20)

以权谋私
yǐ quán móu sī
  1. 1 to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
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)
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
敲钉钻脚
qiāo dīng zuān jiǎo
  1. 1 to make doubly sure (idiom)
有勇无谋
yǒu yǒng wú móu
  1. 1 bold but not very astute (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)
无孔不钻
wú kǒng bù zuān
  1. 1 lit. leave no hole undrilled (idiom); to latch on to every opportunity
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
见缝就钻
jiàn fèng jiù zuān
  1. 1 lit. to squeeze into every crack (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to make the most of every opportunity
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.
谋臣如雨
móu chén rú yǔ
  1. 1 strategic experts as thick as rain (idiom); no shortage of advisers on strategy
谋臣武将
móu chén wǔ jiàng
  1. 1 strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
谋臣猛将
móu chén měng jiàng
  1. 1 strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
谋财害命
móu cái hài mìng
  1. 1 to plot and kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
道不同不相为谋
dào bù tóng bù xiāng wéi móu
  1. 1 lit. persons who walk different paths cannot make plans together
  2. 2 to go separate ways (idiom)

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