| 处心积虑 | chǔ xīn jī lǜ | to plot actively (idiom) / scheming / calculating | 
| 处 | chǔ | to reside / to live / to dwell / to be in / to be situated at / to stay / to get along with / to be in a position of / to deal with / to discipline / to punish | 
| 处 | chù | (bound form) place; locality / (bound form) part; aspect / (bound form) office; department; bureau / classifier for locations: spot, point | 
| 心 | xīn | heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:颗,个 | 
| 积 | jī | to amass; to accumulate; to store up / (math.) product (the result of multiplication) / (TCM) constipation; indigestion | 
| 虑 | lǜ | to think over / to consider / anxiety |