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运筹帷幄之中，决胜千里之外

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

Entry
运yùn筹chóu帷wéi幄wò之zhī中zhōng，,决jué胜shèng千qiān里lǐ之zhī外wài

  1. a general planning in the seclusion of his tent is able to determine the outcome of the distant battle (idiom)

    trad. 運籌帷幄之中，決勝千里之外

Also written 運籌帷幄之中，決勝千里之外【yùn chóu wéi wò zhī zhōng , jué shèng qiān lǐ zhī wài】

Characters in this word

11
运
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to move, to transport, to use, to apply, fortune, luck, fate

Pinyin
yùn
Traditional
運
Strokes
7
Frequency
9634 of 2500
Words starting with 运Words ending in 运Anywhere in a word
筹
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket, to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds), resource; way; means

Pinyin
chóu
Traditional
籌
Strokes
13
Frequency
34993 of 2500
Words starting with 筹Words ending in 筹Anywhere in a word
帷
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

curtain, screen

Pinyin
wéi
Strokes
11
Words starting with 帷Words ending in 帷Anywhere in a word
幄
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

tent

Pinyin
wò
Strokes
12
Words starting with 幄Words ending in 幄Anywhere in a word
之
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]), him, her, it

Pinyin
zhī
Strokes
3
Frequency
475 of 2500
Words starting with 之Words ending in 之Anywhere in a word
中
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

(bound form) China; Chinese, surname Zhong

Pinyin
Zhōng
Strokes
4
Frequency
147 of 2500
Words starting with 中Words ending in 中Anywhere in a word
决
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to decide, to determine, to execute (sb), (of a dam etc) to breach or burst, definitely, certainly

Pinyin
jué
Traditional
決
Strokes
6
Frequency
36416 of 2500
Words starting with 决Words ending in 决Anywhere in a word
胜
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

victory, success, to beat, to defeat, to surpass, victorious, superior to, to get the better of, better than, surpassing, superb (of vista), beautiful (scenery), wonderful (view), (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear, equal to (a task)

Pinyin
shèng
Traditional
勝
Strokes
9
Frequency
11136 of 2500
Words starting with 胜Words ending in 胜Anywhere in a word
千
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

thousand

Pinyin
qiān
Strokes
3
Frequency
5441 of 2500
Words starting with 千Words ending in 千Anywhere in a word
里
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

variant of 裡|里[li3]

Pinyin
lǐ
Traditional
裏
Strokes
7
Frequency
108 of 2500
Words starting with 里Words ending in 里Anywhere in a word
外
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

outside, in addition, foreign, external

Pinyin
wài
Strokes
5
Frequency
2016 of 2500
Words starting with 外Words ending in 外Anywhere in a word