从长计议 — Chinese idiom
从长计议
cóng cháng jì yì
Traditional: 從長計議
Meaning
- to take one's time making a decision; to consider at length
Character by character
- 从cóngfrom, by, since, whence, through
- 长chánglong, lasting; to excel in
- 计jìto calculate, to count; to plan, to reckon; plot,
- 议yìto consult, to talk over; to criticize, to discuss
Idioms sharing a character
- 力不从心 lì bù cóng xīn
- 名从主人 míng cóng zhǔ rén
- 喜从天降 xǐ cóng tiān jiàng
- 从中作梗 cóng zhōng zuò gěng
- 从井救人 cóng jǐng jiù rén
- 从善如流 cóng shàn rú liú
- 从天而降 cóng tiān ér jiàng
- 从谏如流 cóng jiàn rú liú
- 投笔从戎 tóu bǐ cóng róng
- 舍正从邪 shě zhèng cóng xié
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