兵马未动，粮草先行
bīng​mǎ​wèi​dòng​liáng​cǎo​xiān​xíng

logistics comes before military maneuvers

  • created sense approved 兵马未动，粮草先行/兵馬未動，糧草先行 · bīng​mǎ​wèi​dòng​liáng​cǎo​xiān​xíng · logistics comes before military maneuvers — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    兵马未动，粮草先行 / 兵馬未動，糧草先行

    bīng​mǎ​wèi​dòng​liáng​cǎo​xiān​xíng

    logistics comes before military maneuvers

    provisions and supplies must be ready before troops move; used as an idiom to mean that whatever one does, one must first be well-prepared

    兵马 (literal) → 兵马/兵馬 · bīng​mǎ · military forces 未 (literal) → 未 · wèi · not yet 动 (literal) → 动/動 · dòng · to move ， (non_chinese) 粮草 (literal) → 粮草/糧草 · liáng​cǎo · army provisions 先行 (literal) → 先行 · xiān​xíng · beforehand

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    created sense