養精蓄銳
yǎng​jīng​xù​ruì

to husband one's strength

  • created sense approved 养精蓄锐/養精蓄銳 · yǎng​jīng​xù​ruì · to husband one's strength — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    养精蓄锐 / 養精蓄銳

    yǎng​jīng​xù​ruì

    to husband one's strength

    to preserve and nurture one's spirit; to hone one's strength for a future effort or big push

    养 (literal) → 养/養 · yǎng · to recuperate 精 (literal) → 精 · jīng · energy 蓄锐 (literal) → 蓄锐/蓄銳 · xù​ruì · to build up strength

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

    created sense