筹 Stroke Order

preparations / to get ready for sth

to raise funds / to collect money

lit. to devise battle plan in a tent (idiom) / fig. planning strategies

to plan and prepare

to raise (money)

an overall plan taking into account all factors

bargaining chip / gaming chip / casino token

just a little bit worse / be slightly inferior

to prepare to build sth

an overall plan / to plan an entire project as a whole

organizing committee

preparatory meeting / preparatory session

to collect money / to raise funds

to arrange / to make preparations

self-collected / self-raised

to be unable to find a solution / to be at wits' end

to raise resources

All in one

to plan / operations / logistics

fundraising

blue-chip

operations research (OR)

wine goblets and gambling chips lie intertwined / to drink and gamble together in a large group (idiom) / a big (drinking) party

Slightly inferior