秣馬厲兵
mò​mǎ​lì​bīng

to prepare for battle

  • created reference approved 秣马厉兵/秣馬厲兵 → 厉兵秣马/厲兵秣馬 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    秣马厉兵 / 秣馬厲兵 mò​mǎ​lì​bīng

    厉兵秣马 / 厲兵秣馬 lì​bīng​mò​mǎ

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 秣马厉兵/秣馬厲兵 · mò​mǎ​lì​bīng · to prepare for battle — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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.

    秣 (literal) → 秣 · mò · to feed 马 (literal) → 马/馬 · mǎ · horse 厉 (literal) → 厉/厲 · lì · to sharpen 兵 (literal) → 兵 · bīng · weapons

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

    created sense