运 yùn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 云 cloud
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
运筹帷幄
yùnchóuwéiwò
to devise strategies from behind the scenes
Characters in this word
筹 chóu
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 寿 old age, longevity
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
帷 wéi
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 巾 — cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
- Made of
- 巾 cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel 隹 short-tailed bird
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
幄 wò
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 巾 — cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 在这场跨国并购中，真正运筹帷幄的是那位很少露面的法律顾问。 Zài zhè chǎng kuàguó bìnggòu zhōng, zhēnzhèng yùnchóu wéiwò de shì nà wèi hěn shǎo lòumiàn de fǎlǜ gùwèn. In this cross-border acquisition, the person truly devising the strategy behind the scenes was the rarely seen legal adviser.
- 总经理在幕后运筹帷幄，公司发展得很快。 Zǒngjīnglǐ zài mùhòu yùnchóu wéiwò, gōngsī fāzhǎn de hěn kuài. The general manager devised strategy behind the scenes, and the company grew fast.
- 他善于运筹帷幄，每个计划都考虑得很周到。 Tā shànyú yùnchóu wéiwò, měi ge jìhuà dōu kǎolǜ de hěn zhōudào. He is good at planning behind the scenes; every plan is thought through thoroughly.