养兵千日，用在一时
yǎng​bīng​qiān​rì​yòng​zài​yī​shí

preparation pays off

  • created sense approved 养兵千日，用在一时/養兵千日，用在一時 · yǎng​bīng​qiān​rì​yòng​zài​yī​shí · preparation pays off — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    养兵千日，用在一时 / 養兵千日，用在一時

    yǎng​bīng​qiān​rì​yòng​zài​yī​shí

    preparation pays off

    literally 'train an army for a thousand days to use it for a single moment'; extensive preparation eventually pays off in a time of need

    养兵 (literal) → 养兵/養兵 · yǎng​bīng · to maintain an army 千 (literal) → 千 · qiān · thousand 日 (literal) → 日 · rì · day ， (non_chinese) 用 (literal) → 用 · yòng · to use 在 (literal) → 在 · zài · [location/time] 一时 (literal) → 一时/一時 · yī​shí · for a short while

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense