临阵磨枪 línzhènmóqiāng to prepare at the last moment Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 临阵磨枪 臨陣磨槍 línzhènmóqiāng to prepare at the last moment (idiom) literally means to sharpen one's spear only before going into battle; used to describe making hasty preparations only at the last possible moment when a situation has already become urgent Frequency Movie subtitles 0.270 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.169 per million Cross-References Antonym 常备不懈 chángbèibùxiè Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
临阵磨枪 臨陣磨槍 línzhènmóqiāng to prepare at the last moment (idiom) literally means to sharpen one's spear only before going into battle; used to describe making hasty preparations only at the last possible moment when a situation has already become urgent Frequency Movie subtitles 0.270 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.169 per million Cross-References Antonym 常备不懈 chángbèibùxiè Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
