| 运 | yùn | to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate |
| 筹 | chóu | chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket; to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds); resource; means |
| 帷 | wéi | curtain; screen |
| 幄 | wò | tent |
| 之 | zhī | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it |
| 中 | zhōng | within; among; in; middle; center; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; surname Zhong |
| 中 | zhòng | to hit (the mark); to be hit by; to suffer |
| 决 | jué | to decide; to determine; to execute (sb); (of a dam etc) to breach or burst; definitely; certainly |
| 胜 | shèng | victory; success; to beat; to defeat; to surpass; victorious; superior to; to get the better of; better than; surpassing; superb (of vista); beautiful (scenery); wonderful (view); (arch. pronunciation shēng) able to bear; equal to (a task) |
| 胜 | shēng | (also sheng4) able to do; competent enough to |
| 千 | qiān | a swing; thousand |
| 里 | lǐ | li (Chinese mile); 500 meters (modern); home; hometown; village; neighborhood; administrative unit; Li (surname); lining; interior; inside; internal |
| 外 | wài | outside; in addition; foreign; external |
| 运筹帷幄 | yùn chóu wéi wò | lit. to devise battle plan in a tent (idiom); fig. planning strategies; cf Liu Bang 刘邦 in his tent trusts his general a thousand miles away to make better decisions |
| 之中 | zhī zhōng | inside |
| 千里之外 | qiān lǐ zhī wài | thousand miles distant |
