策 cè

1. cè noun method; plan; policy; scheme
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 计谋 (CC-CEDICT '策'; Guoyu '策' n 4; Kroll 2015 '策' 6, p. 35; Unihan '策'; XHZD '策' 1, p. 68)
2. cè verb to whip
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 鞭打 (CC-CEDICT '策'; Guoyu '策' v 1; Kroll 2015 '策' 3a, p. 35; Unihan '策'; XHZD '策' 3, p. 68)
3. cè noun a riding crop; a stick with a point used to spur on a horse
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '策'; Kroll 2015 '策' 3, p. 35; XHZD '策' 2, p. 68)
4. cè noun bamboo slips bound with string
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As a variant of 册 (CC-CEDICT '策'; Guoyu '策' n 5; Kroll 2015 '策' 1, p. 35; XHZD '策' 4, p. 68)
5. cè noun a genre of descriptive writing
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Especially, for government policy (Guoyu '策' n 6; XHZD '策' 5, p. 68)
6. cè noun a text; a document
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '策' 1a, p. 35)
7. cè noun slips used for divining
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Especially yarrow stalks (Kroll 2015 '策' 2, p. 35)
8. cè verb to predict; to forecast
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '策' 2a, p. 35)
9. cè noun counting rods or slips
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '策' 4, p. 35)
10. cè noun a cane; a staff made from bamboo
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 枴扙 (Guoyu '策' n 2; Kroll 2015 '策' 5, p. 35)
11. cè verb to lean on a staff
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 扶 or 拄 (Guoyu '策' v 3; Kroll 2015 '策' 5a, p. 35)
12. cè noun a stick
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '策' 7, p. 35)
13. cè noun a certficate for appointment to an office or nobility
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As a variant of 册 (Kroll 2015 '策' 8, p. 35)
14. cè noun a government service exam question
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In 策问 (CC-CEDICT '策'; Kroll 2015 '策' 8, p. 35)
15. cè noun a horsewhip
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 马鞭 (Guoyu '策' n 1)
16. cè verb to encourage; to advise
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 督促 or 勉励 (CC-CEDICT '策'; Guoyu '策' v 2; Wu and Tee 2015, loc. 1781)
17. cè verb an upward horizontal stroke
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In Chinese writing (CC-CEDICT '策'; Guoyu '策' n 7)
18. cè proper noun Ce
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (CC-CEDICT '策'; Guoyu '策' n 8)

Contained in

• 划策(劃策) to plan
• 策马(策馬) to urge on a horse using a whip or spurs
• 良策 good plan; good idea
• 一个中国政策(一個中國政策) one China policy
• 妙策 a clever plan
• 上上之策 the best policy; the best thing one can do in the circumstances
• 献策(獻策) to offer advice; to make a suggestion
• 集中的策略 focus strategy
• 长策(長策) a long whip ; a plan; a policy
• 杖策 [to hold] a whip ; a staff; a cane ; to comply; to follow
• 三十六策，走是上计(三十六策，走是上計) of the thirty six strategies, fleeing is the best plan
• 闭关政策(閉關政策) closed-door policy
• 对策(對策) countermeasure
• 驱策(驅策) to send
• 策士 strategist; counsellor on military strategy
• 类比策略(類比策略) analogy strategies
• 本因坊秀策 Honinbo Shusaku
• 国策(國策) a national policy
• 国家政策(國家政策) state policy
• 策略 plot; tactics
• 普利策奖(普利策獎) Pulitzer Prize
• 失策(過錯) a miscalculation
• 乘坚策肥(乘堅策肥) to live in luxury; to ride a solid carriage pulled by fat horses
• 三十六计，走为上策(三十六計，走為上策) Of the Thirty-Six Stratagems, fleeing is best.
• 焦土政策 scorched-earth policy
• 策论(策論) essay on current affairs submitted to the emperor as policy advice
• 策画(策畫) to plot; to scheme
• 对外政策(對外政策) foreign policy
• 隐私政策(隱私政策) privacy policy
• 货币政策(貨幣政策) monetary policy
• 策动(策動) to conspire; to plot (a rebellion, crime etc); to machinate; to spur on; to urge action
• 政策 policy
• 鸵鸟政策(鴕鳥政策) ostrich policy (sticking one's head in the sand, failing to acknowledge danger)
• 策反 to instigate (rebellion etc); incitement (e.g. to desertion within opposing camp)
• 策源地 place of origin; source (of a war or a social movement)
• 语言政策(語言政策) language policy
• 方策 strategy; policy; general plan
• 画策(畫策) to plan
• 鞭策 a horse whip ; to spur on; to urge
• 谋无遗策(謀無遺策) comprehensive planning with no oversights
• 决策树(決策樹) decision tree
• 出谋划策(出謀劃策) to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory); to give advice
• 权宜之策(權宜之策) stratagem of convenience; stop-gap measure; makeshift plan; interim step

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教战守策 、 三光政策 、 孙策 、 策文 、 独生子女政策 、 警策 、 外交政策 、 策勒县

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• 卷四十六 吳書一 孫破虜討逆傳 Volume 46: Book of Wu 1 - Biographies of Sun Who Destroys Barbarians, and Sun Who Attacks Rebels Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 148
• 第十五回 Chapter 15 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 97
• 第二十九回 Chapter 29 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 66
• 卷二十六　韓一 Chapter 26: Han I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 65
• 卷五十　　　　　志第四十　　　兵 Volume 50 Treatises 46: Military New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 48
• 卷二十一　趙四 Chapter 21: Zhao IV Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 44
• 卷十八　趙一 Chapter 18: Zhao I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 42
• 卷二十四　魏三 Chapter 24: Wei III Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 35
• 卷三　秦一 Chapter 3: Qin I Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — count: 35
• 卷十一 列傳第五 張弘策 庾域 鄭紹叔 呂僧珍 Volume 11: Zhang Hongce; Yu Yu; Zheng Shaoshu; Lü Sengzhen Book of Liang 梁書 — count: 33

Collocations

• 龟策 (龜策) 龜策敝則埋之 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 — count: 8
• 执策 (執策) 獻車馬者執策綏 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 — count: 7
• 辔策 (轡策) 擅轡策之制也 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 外儲說右下第三十五 Chapter 35: A Collection of Sayings VI — count: 5
• 定策 (定策) 決疑定策 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《建元以來侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises since the Jianyuan Period — count: 4
• 策命 (策命) 內史叔興父策命晉侯為侯伯 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
• 受策 (受策) 受策以出 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 3
• 书策 (書策) 先生書策琴瑟在前 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曲禮上》 Summary of the Rules of Propriety Part 1 — count: 3
• 策錣 (策錣) 策錣而御馯馬也 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十三　氾論訓 Chapter 13: Overflowing Discussions — count: 3
• 群策 (群策) 漢屈群策 — Exemplary Figures 法言, 卷十 重黎 Chapter 10: Chong and Li — count: 3
• 神策 (神策) 帝得寶鼎神策 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《封禪書》 Religious sacrificial ceremonies — count: 3