临阵磨枪 línzhènmóqiāng last-minute preparation Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 临阵磨枪 (臨陣磨槍) línzhènmóqiāng last-minute preparation idiom To start preparing for a task or challenge only when it is about to begin; to procrastinate on preparation until the very last moment. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.270 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.169 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
临阵磨枪 (臨陣磨槍) línzhènmóqiāng last-minute preparation idiom To start preparing for a task or challenge only when it is about to begin; to procrastinate on preparation until the very last moment. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.270 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.169 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)