养兵千日，用兵一时
养兵千日，用兵一时
yǎng bīng qiān rì , yòng bīng yī shí
lit. Train an army for a thousand days to use it for an hour. (idiom); fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off
idiom
Traditional: 養兵千日，用兵一時
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- (idiom) lit. Train an army for a thousand days to use it for an hour. (idiom); fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off
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养兵千日，用在一朝(yǎng bīng qiān rì , yòng zài yī zhāo)· lit. train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning (idiom)
→包房(bāo fáng)· compartment (of train, ship etc)
→千军易得，一将难求(qiān jūn yì dé , yī jiàng nán qiú)· Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
→一夫当关，万夫莫开(yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi)· one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
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