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Definition
Strategy or game plan; a set of actions planned in advance.
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How it's used
Used primarily in professional, academic, or formal contexts, this term is rarely heard in casual daily chatter. While it functions as a noun, it often appears in compound phrases describing business or political maneuvers. It carries a sense of calculated, long-term planning rather than simple, short-term decision making.
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Have you thought about how to deal with it? Do you have a strategy?
This is our company's development strategy for this year.
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Common mistake
Learners often mistakenly use this word for simple daily plans, such as deciding what to eat or where to go. For those everyday situations, use 計劃 or 打算 instead.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
