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运筹帷幄之中，决胜千里之外

yùn chóu wéi wò zhī zhōng , jué shèng qiān lǐ zhī wài

Definitions

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

Child Words of 运筹帷幄之中，决胜千里之外

千里之外

qiān lǐ zhī wài

thousand miles distant

thousand

inside

tent

victory

outside

to hit (the mark)

to move

to plan

curtain

chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket

to decide

a thousand miles

to be able to plan victory from a thousand miles away (idiom)

lining

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])

outside

lit. to devise battle plan in a tent (idiom)

within

to determine victory