謀而後動
móu'ér​hòu​dòng

plan before acting

  • created sense approved 谋而后动/謀而後動 · móu'ér​hòu​dòng · plan before acting — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    谋而后动 / 謀而後動

    móu'ér​hòu​dòng

    plan before acting

    to think through a strategy before taking action; to act only after careful deliberation

    谋 (literal) → 谋/謀 · móu · to plan 而后 (literal) → 而后/而後 · ér​hòu · then 动 (literal) → 动/動 · dòng · to act

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense