成竹 chéngzhú

chéngzhú noun [imagine] a complete image of bamboo [before drawing it]
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Collocation (Amies 2021 tr.; see also Mathews 1931 '成竹', p. 49)

Contained in

• 成竹在胸 imagine a complete image of bamboo [before drawing it]
• 胸有成竹 to imaging a complete of bamboo [before drawing it]; to plan in advance; a card up one's sleeve; forewarned is forearmed