策 - cè - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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策

cè

Definition

policy
plan
scheme
bamboo slip for writing (old)
to whip (a horse)
to encourage
riding crop with sharp spines (old)
essay written for the imperial examinations (old)
upward horizontal stroke in calligraphy

Character Decomposition

Related words (44)

策劃

cè huà

to plot; to scheme; to bring about; to engineer; planning; producer; planner

策動

cè dòng

to conspire; to plot (a rebellion, crime etc); to machinate; to spur on; to urge action

策勵

cè lì

to encourage; to urge; to impel; to spur sb on

策反

cè fǎn

to instigate (rebellion etc); incitement (e.g. to desertion within opposing camp)

策士

cè shì

strategist; counsellor on military strategy

策應

cè yìng

in coordination with; to support

策略

cè lüè

strategy; tactics; policy; to be tactful

策論

cè lùn

essay on current affairs submitted to the emperor as policy advice (old)

策試

cè shì

imperial exam involving writing essay on policy 策論

策謀

cè móu

stratagem (political or military); trick

策問

cè wèn

essay on policy in question and answer form used in imperial exams

策馬

cè mǎ

to urge on a horse using a whip or spurs

策劃人

cè huà rén

sponsor; plotter; schemer

策源地

cè yuán dì

place of origin; source (of a war or a social movement)

決策

jué cè

strategic decision; decision-making; policy decision; to determine policy

善策

shàn cè

wise policy; best policy

a national policy

to blunder; to miscalculate; miscalculation; unwise (move)

對策

duì cè

countermeasure (for dealing with a situation)

policy

to offer advice; to make a suggestion

good plan; good idea

stratagem

to spur (on); to urge (on); to encourage (somebody e.g. to make progress)

decision tree

policymaker

local policy; regional regulations

上上之策

shàng shàng zhī cè

the best policy; the best thing one can do in the circumstances

乘堅策肥

chéng jiān cè féi

to live in luxury; (lit.) to ride a solid carriage pulled by fat horses

state policy

foreign policy

foreign policy

income policy

laissez-faire policy; non-interference

good-neighbor policy

welfare policy

analogy strategies

closed-door policy

ostrich policy (sticking one's head in the sand, failing to acknowledge danger)

diffused strategy

policy of nuclear intimidation

集中的策略

jí zhōng de cè lüè

focus strategy

獨生子女政策

dú shēng zǐ nǚ zhèng cè

one-child policy

Idioms (3)

出謀劃策

chū móu huà cè

to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory); to give advice (idiom)

權宜之策

quán yí zhī cè

stratagem of convenience (idiom); stop-gap measure; makeshift plan; interim step

束手無策

shù shǒu wú cè

(lit.) to have one's hands bound and be unable to do anything about it (idiom); fig. helpless in the face of a crisis

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