鬥而鑄兵
dòu'ér​zhù​bīng

to be too late to prepare

  • created reference approved 斗而铸兵/鬥而鑄兵 → 斗而铸锥/鬥而鑄錐 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    斗而铸兵 / 鬥而鑄兵 dòu'ér​zhù​bīng

    斗而铸锥 / 鬥而鑄錐 dòu'ér​zhù​zhuī

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 斗而铸兵/鬥而鑄兵 · dòu'ér​zhù​bīng · to be too late to prepare — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    斗而铸兵 / 鬥而鑄兵

    dòu'ér​zhù​bīng

    to be too late to prepare

    To start making weapons only when the fight has already begun; used to describe missing the opportunity or being poorly prepared for a crisis.

    斗 (literal) → 斗/鬥 · dòu · to fight 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 铸 (literal) → 铸/鑄 · zhù · to cast 兵 (literal) → 兵 · bīng · weapons

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

    created sense