处心积虑 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to plot actively
• scheming
• calculating

Character by character

• 处chǔto reside at, to live in; place, locale; departmen
• 心xīnheart; mind; soul
• 积jīto store up, to amass, to accumulate
• 虑lǜanxious, concerned, worried

Idioms sharing a character

• 一无是处 yī wú shì chù
• 朝夕相处 zhāo xī xiāng chǔ
• 泰然处之 tài rán chǔ zhī
• 燕雀处堂 yàn què chù táng
• 立身处世 lì shēn chǔ shì
• 绝处逢生 jué chù féng shēng
• 处堂燕雀 chù táng yàn què
• 处变不惊 chǔ biàn bù jīng
• 身首异处 shēn shǒu yì chù
• 养尊处优 yǎng zūn chǔ yōu

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