養兵千日，用在一朝
yǎng​bīng​qiān​rì​yòng​zài​yī​zhāo

extensive preparation eventually pays off

  • created sense approved 养兵千日，用在一朝/養兵千日，用在一朝 · yǎng​bīng​qiān​rì​yòng​zài​yī​zhāo · extensive preparation eventually pays off — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    养兵千日，用在一朝 / 養兵千日，用在一朝

    yǎng​bīng​qiān​rì​yòng​zài​yī​zhāo

    extensive preparation eventually pays off

    Literally "to train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning"; long-term preparation is necessary for a single moment of crisis or opportunity.

    养兵 (literal) → 养兵/養兵 · yǎng​bīng · to maintain an army 千 (literal) → 千 · qiān · many 日 (literal) → 日 · rì · [measure word] ， (non_chinese) 用 (literal) → 用 · yòng · to use 在 (literal) → 在 · zài · [location/time] 一朝 (literal) → 一朝 · yī​zhāo · one day

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

    created sense