盘算

yòng zhè bǐ qián tiān xiē shén me dōng xi lǎo hàn pán suan le hǎo jǐ tiān

用这笔钱添些什么东西，老汉盘算了好几天。

It took the old man quite a few days to figure out what to buy with this money.

xià wǔ wǒ men pán suan yī qǐ qù gōng yuán

下午我们盘算一起去公园。

In the afternoon, we are going to the park together.

wǒ men pán suan le yī xià chǎn liàng jiāng zēng jiā wǔ gè bǎi fēn diǎn

我们盘算了一下，产量将增加五个百分点。

We figured that the output would increase by five percent.

nǐ yīng dāng hǎo hǎo pán suan yī xià zěn me chǔ lǐ zhè lèi wèn tí

你应当好好盘算一下，怎么处理这类问题。

You need to carefully deliberate how to deal with such a problem.

tā pán suan zhe lǚ yóu fèi yòng

他盘算着旅游费用。

He caculated the cost of the journey.

pán suan xíng shì

盘算形势

size up the situation

tā pán suan zhe zěn yàng cái kě yǐ gǎo dào zhè bǐ qián

他盘算着怎样才可以搞到这笔钱。

He was deliberating on how to procure the money.

pán suan hǎo

盘算好

premeditate everything

zài xīn lǐ pán suan pán suan

在心里盘算盘算

turn over in one's mind

yī dàn shòu dào yuē shù wǒ jiù kāi shǐ pán suan rú hé zhēng qǔ zì yóu

一旦受到约束，我就开始盘算如何争取自由。

The moment I am bound I begin to brood on freedom.