Taxonomy of meanings for 慮:　　

  • 慮 lǜ (OC: b-ras MC: liɔ) 良倨切 去 廣韻：【思也又姓良倨切九 】
    • PLAN
      • nab.tactplans for N, tactics for N
      • nabactthoughts about the future, tactics BUDDH: negatively: the engaging in (inappropriate or unnecessary, or in any case nonrecommended) deliberate mental activities and inappropriate emotional responses (see WORRY)
      • vt[oN]think about the future; make plans
      • vt+V[0]plan to
      • vtoNplot; plan for; engage in deliberations (about something forthcoming)
      • nab(.post-N)one's strategic thinking, someone's strategic thinkingCH
    • generalised>THINK
      • viactengage in reflection
      • nabpsychthoughts and literary purposesCH
      • vt(oN)think about contextually determinate thingsLZ
      • vtoNto properly reflect onLZ
      • nabpsychthoughts, ideasLZ
      • vt+V[0]ponder how to VLZ
      • grammaticalised, parenthetic: one might think>PROBABLE
        • fearfully>WORRY
          • nabmentalcareful tactics
          • vtoNworry and think actively and concretely about; think carefully about
          • vtoSworry that S
          • nabworryCH
          • viactengage in worried reflectionsCH
      • for other people's business>INTERFERE
      • 慮 ｌｕ２ 《集韻》凌如切，平魚來。魚部。
      • 慮 《集韻》龍珠切，平虞來。

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        • THINK

          1. The most current general word for thought or reflection of any kind is perhaps sī 思 (ant. hū 忽 "fail to pay detailed attention to"), but this word tends to refer specifically to reflection.

          2. Huái 懷 (ant. wàng 忘 "forget all about") refers to emotionally loaded thinking about a absent person or an important subject.

          3. Móu 謀 refers to any act of planning by a private or public personality.

          4. Tú 圖 refer to deliberative strategic thinking about the future by a person in authority to decide on a future course of action.

          5. Xiǎng 想 is occasionally used to refer to fond thinking about absent persons, and in later times the word comes to refer to unrealistic imaginings in thought, and wàng xiǎng 妄想 "wild imaginings" is a symptomatic current phrase..

          6. Niàn 念 refers to intense intellectual effort and strenuous attention, and zhèng niàn 正念 refers to correct intellectual efforts in Buddhist Chinese.

          7. Zhēn zhuó 斟酌 refers to careful deliberation on the truth of a proposition or the moral quality of something.

          8. Jì 計 refers to subjecting something to rational often quantified consideration and judgment.

          9. Gù 顧 is inchoative and refers to the turning of one's attention to something one has not focussed on before.

          10. Lu �慮 refers to thoughtful long-term strategic (often personal) planning.

        • WORRY

          1. The current general term for all sorts of troubled states of mind, as well as reasons for such states of mind, is yōu 憂 (ant. xǐ 喜 "be well pleased" and lè 樂 "feel deep joy"), and this word may freely refer to troublesome matters of the present or of the future, and the word typiccally refers to a termporary state of hightened awareness of what is troublesome and concern about what should be done about it.

          2. Lu �慮 (ant. wàng 忘 "refuse to think about, ignore") refers to active reflection upon what one is worried about.

          3. Fán 煩 (ant. jìng 靜 "feel completely at peace") refers to a passive reaction of unsettled anxiousness about something other than oneself.

          4. Zào 躁 (ant. dìng 定 "be well-settled and unruffled") refers to the state of being flustered, restless and upset by worries.

          5. Jí 急 (ant. ān 安 "feel comfortable") refers to urgent and particularly acute temporary worries about something present or immediately imminent.

          6. Jí 疾 (ant. níng 寧 "feel at peace") refers to intense and profound worries about something present (and these worries may or may not be lasting).

          7. Huàn 患 (ant. lè 樂 "feel deeply happy with") refers to intense worry or concern about the possible future effects of something or the possibility of events in the future.

          8. Āi 哀 (ant. lè 樂 "feel perfectly happy with"), when it refers to intense worry rather than grief, connotes despondency and hopelessness and not just worry over possibilities.

          9. Chóu 愁 (ant. yuè 說／悅 "feel pleased"), and the rarer poetic sāo 騷, qiǎo 悄, tì 惕 refer to various shades and degrees of poetically conceived anxiousness.

          10. Shì 事 (ant. zhì 治 "well-ordered situation") can refer to the kinds of matters or affairs that cause one to be anxious or worried.

        • PLAN

          1. The current general word for a planning process involving consultation among several people, and taking into account all aspects of a long term strategy for an individual or a state is móu 謀.

          2. Lu �慮 refers to a careful personal planning effort based on serious reflection.

          3. Tú 圖 suggests that the person who plans has the formal authority to take a decision.

          4. Jì 計 refers to planning involving calculations of relative advantages and disadvantages, and the planning typically or primarily concerns the actions of an individual.

          5. Guī 規 suggests that the planning is in order to ensure an orderly progress of things.

          6. Huà 畫 refers to an elaborated strategy that is fairly well-defined.

          7. Xīn 心 refers to a secret motivation or ultimate design, an aim in planning. See INTENTION

          Word relations
        • Result: (THINK)智 / 知/WISE The current general word for wisdom is zhì 智 (ant. yú 愚 "devoid of wisdom") and this may refer to any superior intellectual ability beyond the realm of memorisation or mundane knowledge, the quality which enables one to móu 謀 give good advice..
        • Result: (THINK)知/UNDERSTAND The standard current and word for understanding something and knowing how to do something is zhī 知 (ant. mèi 昧 "not have the foggiest idea")
        • Contrast: (PLAN)討/DISCUSS Tǎo 討 is to engage in a deep and thorough discussion and investigation of something.
        • Assoc: (PLAN)思/THINK The most current general word for thought or reflection of any kind is perhaps sī 思 (ant. hū 忽 "fail to pay detailed attention to"), but this word tends to refer specifically to reflection.
        • Assoc: (PLAN)智 / 知/WISE The current general word for wisdom is zhì 智 (ant. yú 愚 "devoid of wisdom") and this may refer to any superior intellectual ability beyond the realm of memorisation or mundane knowledge, the quality which enables one to móu 謀 give good advice..
        • Assoc: (THINK)計/THINK Jì 計 refers to subjecting something to rational often quantified consideration and judgment.
        • Assoc: (PLAN)謀/PLAN The current general word for a planning process involving consultation among several people, and taking into account all aspects of a long term strategy for an individual or a state is móu 謀.
        • Synon: (PLAN)圖/PLAN Tú 圖 suggests that the person who plans has the formal authority to take a decision.
        • Oppos: (PLAN)樂 / 樂/ENJOY The current general word for active enjoyment and delighting in something is lè 樂 (ant. bēi 悲 "be saddened by"), as in 與民同樂 "share one's enjoyings/enjoyments with the people".　In the transitive usage the reading yào is suggested by WGZ.