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策

cè

Definitions

1. policy
2. plan
3. scheme
4. to whip (a horse)
5. to encourage
6. upward horizontal stroke in calligraphy

Example Sentences

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該政策在兩種意見之間搖擺。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 775459)

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Words Containing 策

closed-door policy

stratagem of convenience (idiom); stop-gap measure

战国策

zhàn guó cè

\Strategies of the Warring States\, chronicle of the Warring States Period (475-220 BC), possibly written by Su Qin 蘇秦|苏秦[sū qín]

a national policy

tactics

Three Alls Policy (kill all, burn all, loot all), Japanese policy in China during WWII

local policy

to plot

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

state policy

countermeasure for dealing with a situation

束手无策

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

策勒

cè lè

Chira County in Hotan Prefecture 和田地區|和田地区[hé tián dì qū], Xinjiang

孙策

sūn cè

Sun Ce (175-200), general and major warlord of the Later Han Dynasty

策励

cè lì

to encourage

三十六计，走为上策

sān shí liù jì , zǒu wéi shàng cè

of the thirty-six stratagems, the best option is to flee (idiom)

the best policy

stratagem

stratagem (political or military)

strategy; tactics

to instigate (rebellion etc)

策马

cè mǎ

to urge on a horse using a whip or spurs

to curate

laissez-faire policy; non-interference

income policy

strategy; tactics

to blunder

good plan

to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory)

核威慑政策

hé wēi shè zhèng cè

policy of nuclear intimidation

strategist

to live in luxury

to conspire

Honinbo Shusaku (1829-1862), Japanese Go player

策勒县

cè lè xiàn

Chira County in Hotan Prefecture 和田地區|和田地区[hé tián dì qū], Xinjiang

foreign policy

two-pronged strategy

to spur on

policy

Treatise 134 BC by Han dynasty philosopher Dong Zhongshu 董仲舒

类比策略

lèi bǐ cè lüe4

analogy strategies

一个中国政策

yī gè zhōng guó zhèng cè

one-China policy

good-neighbor policy

to offer advice

sponsor

foreign policy

communication management

strategic decision

policymaker

decision tree

welfare policy

Pulitzer Prize

dú shēng zǐ nǚ zhèng cè

one-child policy

place of origin

imperial exam involving writing essay on policy 策論|策论[cè lùn]

wise policy

to urge (sb to do do sth)

curator

to support by coordinated action

上有政策，下有对策

shàng yǒu zhèng cè , xià yǒu duì cè

The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)