运筹帷幄之中,决胜千里之外 yùn chóu wéi wò zhī zhōng , jué shèng qiān lǐ zhī wài

win battles from afar by wise planning

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. a general planning in the seclusion of his tent is able to determine the outcome of the distant battle (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
to transport; to move; fortune
to plan; to prepare; to raise (funds)
curtain; screen
tent
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of de); it
in; within; middle
to decide; to determine; definitely
victory; victorious; to defeat
thousand; see qiū qiān
inside; interior; internal
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of de); it
outside; external; foreign