通盘

通盤

tōngpán

adjective #63,989

Meanings

1 overall
2 comprehensive
3 across-the-board

Characters

Examples

我们要通盘考虑这个问题。

Wǒmen yào tōngpán kǎolǜ zhège wèntí.

We need to consider this issue comprehensively.

政府制定了通盘规划。

Zhèngfǔ zhìdìng le tōngpán guīhuà.

The government has drawn up an overall plan.

Tips

memory

通 ('through, all-the-way') + 盘 ('plate, the whole board of a game') — think of taking in the entire chessboard at once. 通盘考虑 = 'look at the whole board before moving'.

Stroke Order

通 tōng

盘 pán