磨刀不误砍柴工 módāobùwùkǎncháigōng good preparation saves work time Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 磨刀不误砍柴工 磨刀不誤砍柴工 módāobùwùkǎncháigōng good preparation saves work time literally meaning that sharpening the knife will not delay the woodcutting; time spent on preparation is not wasted and will improve efficiency later Frequency Written text 0.097 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
磨刀不误砍柴工 磨刀不誤砍柴工 módāobùwùkǎncháigōng good preparation saves work time literally meaning that sharpening the knife will not delay the woodcutting; time spent on preparation is not wasted and will improve efficiency later Frequency Written text 0.097 per million Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)