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chip (in gambling) / token (for counting) / ticket / to prepare / to plan / to raise (funds) / resource / means

chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket / to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds) / resource; way; means

"bamboo" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 118)

long life / old age / age / life / birthday / funerary / a surname

bamboo / CL:棵[ke1],支[zhi1],根[gen1] / Kangxi radical 118

preparations / to get ready for sth

to plan and prepare

to arrange; to make preparations

to arrange / to make preparations

superior by a notch / a cut above / even better

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

to prepare to build sth

to raise funds / to collect money

to raise funds; to collect money

slightly better / a cut above

to ponder a solution / to consider (the best move, how to find a way etc)

to plan out / to prepare

crowdfunding

to plan out; to prepare

to discuss (a plan); to negotiate (an outcome)

chip; counter

to ponder a solution; to consider (the best move, how to find a way etc)

to discuss (a plan) / to negotiate (an outcome)

organizing committee

chip / counter