谋而后动 móu'érhòudòng plan before acting Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 谋 謀 móu nounverb to plan to plan; to scheme; to plot; to work out a strategy而后 而後 érhòu conjunction then used to connect clauses or phrases to indicate that one action follows another; equivalent to 然后 ránhòu动 動 dòng verb to act To take action; to start doing something or get moving.