Chinese word

足智多谋

Pronunciation

Pinyinzú zhì duō móu

Meaning

  • idiomresourceful

Example

在这个项目里，她很足智多谋。zài zhè ge xiàng mù lǐ tā hěn zú zhì duō móu

She is very resourceful on this project.

Illustration for 足智多谋 (resourceful)

More examples

他在复杂局面中足智多谋地化解了矛盾。tā zài fù zá jú miàn zhōng zú zhì duō móu dì huà jiě le máo dùn

He resourcefully resolved the conflict in a complex situation.

Core concept

A person has a full store of workable ideas and can bring the right one into action when circumstances change.

Common phrases

  • 足智多谋地应对zú zhì duō móu dì yìng duì

    deal with matters resourcefully

  • 足智多谋的谋略zú zhì duō móu de móu lüè

    resourceful tactics

Similar words

随机应变suí jī yìng biàn: Adjusting plans quickly and flexibly as circumstances change.
运筹帷幄yùn chóu wéi wò: Developing an overall strategy and directing its implementation.
深谋远虑shēn móu yuǎn lǜ: Looking far ahead and making careful plans for future situations.

Definition in Chinese

表示某人具有丰富的谋略和应变能力，遇事能迅速制定有效方案并加以实施。biǎo shì mǒu rén jù yǒu fēng fù de móu lüè hé yìng biàn néng lì yù shì néng xùn sù zhì dìng yǒu xiào fāng àn bìng jiā yǐ shí shī

Word origin

足智多谋 (zúzhìduōmóu, "resourceful") combines 足 (zú, "ample") + 智 (zhì, "wisdom") + 多 (duō, "many") + 谋 (móu, "plans") to picture abundant wisdom and many plans.

Usage tips

  • In everyday Chinese, this idiom is usually praise for a person, with a stronger and warmer tone than a neutral statement that someone has a plan.

Opposites

  • 无计可施wú jì kě shībe at one's wits' endidiom

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