| 释义 |
养兵千日， 用兵一时 yǎng bīng qiān rì yòng bīng yì shí A thousand days the country nurtures its soldiers and all for one day's battle.; Armies are to be maintained for years but used on a single day.; Armies are to be maintained in the course of long years, but to be used in the nick of time.; maintain soldiers a thousand days for one hour's service; Troops are kept a thousand days to be used on one day.; train troops for a thousand days and use them in an emergency; You maintain troops for a thousand days, and use them only one day. |