以权谋私
yǐ quán móu sī
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1 to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
你走你的阳关道,我过我的独木桥
nǐ zǒu nǐ de Yáng guān Dào , wǒ guò wǒ de dú mù qiáo
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1 lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)
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2 fig. you go your way, I'll go mine
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3 you do it your way, I'll do it mine
出谋划策
chū móu huà cè
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1 to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory)
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2 to give advice (idiom)
十指不沾阳春水
shí zhǐ bù zhān yáng chūn shuǐ
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1 to have no need to fend for oneself (idiom)
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2 to lead a pampered life
另谋高就
lìng móu gāo jiù
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1 to get a better job somewhere else (idiom)
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2 to seek alternative employment
善自为谋
shàn zì wéi móu
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1 to be good at working for one's own profit (idiom)
夕阳西下
xī yáng xī xià
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1 the sun sets in the west (idiom)
太阳从西边出来
tài yáng cóng xī biān chū lái
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1 lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom)
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2 fig. hell freezes over
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3 pigs can fly
小不忍则乱大谋
xiǎo bù rěn zé luàn dà móu
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1 (idiom) great plans can be ruined by just a touch of impatience
有勇无谋
yǒu yǒng wú móu
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1 bold but not very astute (idiom)
洛阳纸贵
Luò yáng zhǐ guì
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1 lit. paper has become expensive in Luoyang (because everyone is making a copy of a popular story) (idiom)
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2 fig. (of a product) to sell like hotcakes
深谋远虑
shēn móu yuǎn lu:4
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1 lit. deep plans and distant thoughts
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2 to plan far ahead (idiom)
疏谋少略
shū móu shǎo lu:è
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1 unable to plan
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2 inept at strategy (idiom)
私谋叛国
sī móu pàn guó
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1 to secretly plan treason (idiom)
筑室道谋
zhù shì dào móu
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1 lit. ask passers-by how to build one's house (idiom); fig. to have no idea what to do
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2 without a clue
老谋深算
lǎo móu shēn suàn
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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
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1 planning is with man, accomplishing with heaven (idiom); Man proposes but God disposes.
谋臣如雨
móu chén rú yǔ
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1 strategic experts as thick as rain (idiom); no shortage of advisers on strategy
谋臣武将
móu chén wǔ jiàng
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1 strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
谋臣猛将
móu chén měng jiàng
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1 strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)