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秣马厉兵
mò​mǎ​lì​bīng

to prepare for battle

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
秣马厉兵 秣馬厲兵 mò​mǎ​lì​bīng
to prepare for battle
Feed the horses and sharpen the weapons; to be fully prepared for war or, more generally, to make ready for a major task or challenge.

Frequency

Written text
0.053 per million

Cross-References

Variant of

  • 厉兵秣马 lì​bīng​mò​mǎ

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)