从长计议從長計議 in English
- to take one's time making a decision (idiom) / to consider at length
- (idiom) to take one's time making a decision / to consider at length
Stroke order
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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
从
These are the forms of 從, the traditional character: 从 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 17 forms
长
These are the forms of 長, the traditional character: 长 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 29 forms
计
These are the forms of 計, the traditional character: 计 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Warring States script 戰國.楚 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 5 forms
议
These are the forms of 議, the traditional character: 议 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Bronze script 戰國晚期.燕 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 8 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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大家同意先在这里住一晚，行程的事情明天再从长计议。
Everyone agrees to stay here for the night and make long-term itinerary decisions tomorrow.
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这个计划虽然已经决定实施了，但是具体细节还需要从长计议。
Although the decision to implement this plan has already been made, the finer points still need to be planned out.
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这件事情不能心急，要从长计议。
This thing can't be rushed; it needs long-term planning.