老謀深算

See also: 老谋深算

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	to plan; seek; scheme	deep; profound	regard as; to figure; to calculate regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute
trad. (老謀深算)		老	謀	深	算
simp. (老谋深算)		老	谋	深	算
Literally: “rigorous scheme and deep foresight”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): lǎomóushēnsuàn

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄡˊ ㄕㄣㄙㄨㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ mau⁴ sam¹ syun³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: lǎomóushēnsuàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄡˊ ㄕㄣㄙㄨㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lǎomóushensuàn
  - Wade–Giles: lao³-mou²-shên¹-suan⁴
  - Yale: lǎu-móu-shēn-swàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laomoushensuann
  - Palladius: лаомоушэньсуань (laomoušɛnʹsuanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ moʊ̯³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵ su̯än⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ mau⁴ sam¹ syun³
  - Yale: lóuh màuh sām syun
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ mau⁴ sam¹ syn³
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ meo⁴ sem¹ xun³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ mɐu̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ syːn³³/

Idiom

老謀深算

experienced and astute; circumspect and far-seeing; scheming and calculating

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 老瓜宿蒂, 老瓜宿子

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