養兵千日,用在一時 yǎng bīng qiān rì , yòng zài yī shí

train long for a key moment of need

Word data

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Definitions

  1. 1. see 養兵千日,养兵千日,用兵一时[yang3 bing1 qian1 ri4 , yong4 bing1 yi1 shi2]

Characters

Character Meaning
to bring up (children); to raise (animals); to keep (pets)
soldiers; military; weapons
thousand; see qiū qiān
day; date, day of the month; sun
to use; to employ; to have to
(located) at; (to be) in
one; 1; single
time; when; o'clock