沙盘推演 — Chinese idiom
沙盘推演
shā pán tuī yǎn
Traditional: 沙盤推演
Meaning
- to plan a military mission on a sand table
- to rehearse a planned action or activity
- to conduct a dry run
Character by character
- 沙shāsand, gravel, pebbles; granulated
- 盘pántray, plate, dish; to examine
- 推tuīto push; to expel; to drive; to decline
- 演yǎnto perform, to act, to put on a play
Idioms sharing a character
- 一盘散沙 yī pán sǎn shā
- 含沙射影 hán shā shè yǐng
- 恒河沙数 Héng hé shā shù
- 战死沙场 zhàn sǐ shā chǎng
- 折戟沉沙 zhé jǐ chén shā
- 披沙拣金 pī shā jiǎn jīn
- 泥沙俱下 ní shā jù xià
- 聚沙成塔 jù shā chéng tǎ
- 打小算盘 dǎ xiǎo suàn pán
- 杯盘狼藉 bēi pán láng jí
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