







设心处虑 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to plan meticulously”. To contrive with painstaking effort; to rack one's brains to devise a plan. Literally, “to set one's mind and deliberate carefully”.

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Open the tool →设心处虑 (shè xīn chǔ lǜ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to plan meticulously”.
设心处虑 is pronounced shè xīn chǔ lǜ in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 设心处虑 means “to set one's mind and deliberate carefully”. It is used to mean “to plan meticulously”.
处心积虑;用尽心思。同“设心积虑”。