老謀深算

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		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	to plan; seek; scheme	deep; profound	regard as; to figure; to calculate regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute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 ㄕㄣ ㄙㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ mau⁴ sam¹ syun³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǎomóushēnsuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄇㄡˊ ㄕㄣ ㄙㄨㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laomoushensuann
    • IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ moʊ̯³⁵ ʂən⁵⁵ su̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ mau⁴ sam¹ syun³
    • Yale: lóuh màuh sām syun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ mau⁴ sam¹ syn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ meo⁴ sem¹ xun³
    • IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ mɐu̯²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ ʃyːn³³/

Idiom

老謀深算

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