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養兵千日，用兵一時
简 养兵千日，用兵一时 · 繁 養兵千日，用兵一時Mandarin · pinyin yǎng bīng qiān rì , yòng bīng yī shí
Meanings
- lit. Train an army for a thousand days to use it for an hour. (idiom); fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off
Characters in this entry
- 養
- yǎng · raise, rear, bring up; support
- 兵
- bīng · soldier, troops
- 千
- qiān · thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler
- 日
- rì · sun; day; daytime
- 用
- yòng · use, employ, apply, operate; use
- 一
- yī · one; a, an; alone
- 時
- shí · time, season; era, age, period
- 养
- yǎng · raise, rear, bring up; support
- 时
- shí · time, season; era, age, period
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joeng5 bing1 cin1 jat6 ，jung6 bing1 jat1 si4
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