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Strategizing, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ù NCH ó UW é IW ò, which means to decide the combat strategy in the rear. It's from the monument to record the achievements of zuotungwei general Jiang xingben in Tang Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
"Tang Da Tang Zuo Tun Wei general Jiang Xing Ben Leshi memorial tablet" says: "the chief manager plans strategies, follows the Chinese army, the iron cavalry stretches across the field, and the gold agitates heaven and earth."
Analysis of Idioms
Strategy, decision and design
Idiom usage
As a predicate or attributive; used in military, political, etc
Examples
General's reputation is too high. How can Hui (Zhong Hui) plan strategies better than the general! The second scene of Peking Opera Du Yin Ping
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Time never comes before time - jī bù kě shī,shí bù zài lái
deduce simplicity into complexity - yǐ jiǎn yù fán
owe a debt of gratitude and hope to recompense it - gǎn ēn tú bào