CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

从长计议

cóngchángjìyì

(idiom) to take one's time making a decision; to consider at length

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

(idiom) to take one's time making a decision; to consider at length

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 从长计议 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 从长计议 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

这件事情不能心急，要从长计议。zhè jiàn shì qíng bù néng xīn jí， yào cóng cháng jì yì。

This thing can't be rushed; it needs long-term planning.

大家同意先在这里住一晚，行程的事情明天再从长计议。dà jiā tóng yì xiān zài zhè lǐ zhù yī wǎn， xíng chéng de shì qíng míng tiān zài cóng cháng jì yì。

Everyone agrees to stay here for the night and make long-term itinerary decisions tomorrow.

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。zhè ge jì huà suī rán yǐ jīng jué dìng shí shī le， dàn shì jù tǐ xì jié hái xū yào cóng cháng jì yì。

Although the decision to implement this plan has already been made, the finer points still need to be planned out.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 从长计议.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 从长计议.

Directly before

要从长计议1
再从长计议1
需要从长计议1

Directly after

No repeated neighbour in the corpus.

ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 从长计议

What does 从长计议 mean in Chinese?

从长计议 (cóngchángjìyì) means (idiom) to take one's time making a decision; to consider at length.

How do you pronounce 从长计议?

从长计议 is pronounced cóngchángjìyì.

Is 从长计议 an HSK word?

从长计议 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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