Chinese

策略

/t͡sʰɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ly̯ɛ⁵¹/
strategy; tactic
  • HSK 6
  • TOCFL 6

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  • characterChinese策 “plan; scheme; strategy”
    • meaningChinese竹 “bamboo (Classifier: 枝; 棵 m; 根 m; 轆/辘 c)”
    • soundChinese朿
  • characterChinese略 “to draw boundaries; to outline; to trace out”
    • meaningChinese田 “farmland (Classifier: 塊/块 m c)”
    • soundChinese各 “each; every (determiner)”
      • ideaChinese夂 “to approach from behind”
      • ideaChinese口 “mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity (Classifier: 把 c)”

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