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
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to move, to transport, to use, to apply, fortune, luck, fate
- Pinyin
- yùn
- Traditional
- 運
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 9634 of 2500
筹
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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
帷
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curtain, screen
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Strokes
- 11
幄
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tent
- Pinyin
- wò
- Strokes
- 12
之
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(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]), him, her, it
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 475 of 2500
中
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(bound form) China; Chinese, surname Zhong
- Pinyin
- Zhōng
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 147 of 2500
决
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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
胜
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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
千
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thousand
- Pinyin
- qiān
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 5441 of 2500
里
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variant of 裡|里[li3]
- Pinyin
- lǐ
- Traditional
- 裏
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 108 of 2500
外
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outside, in addition, foreign, external
- Pinyin
- wài
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 2016 of 2500