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严阵以待
yán​zhèn​yǐ​dài

to be in combat readiness

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
严阵以待 嚴陣以待 yán​zhèn​yǐ​dài
to be in combat readiness
To stand ready in battle formation; more generally, to be fully prepared to meet a major challenge or incoming attack.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
1.28 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
1.19 per million

Sources

Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)