養精蓄銳
Appearance
Chinese
[edit]give birth; keep (pets); to support give birth; keep (pets); to support; to bring someone up; to raise (pig, etc.) |
energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient |
to store | acute | ||
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trad. (養精蓄銳) | 養 | 精 | 蓄 | 銳 | |
simp. (养精蓄锐) | 养 | 精 | 蓄 | 锐 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˇ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄒㄩˋ ㄖㄨㄟˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yǎngjingsyùruèi
- Wade–Giles: yang3-ching1-hsü4-jui4
- Yale: yǎng-jīng-syù-rwèi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeangjingshiuhruey
- Palladius: янцзинсюйжуй (janczinsjujžuj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ɕy⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: joeng5 zing1 cuk1 jeoi6
- Yale: yéuhng jīng chūk yeuih
- Cantonese Pinyin: joeng5 dzing1 tsuk7 joey6
- Guangdong Romanization: yêng5 jing1 cug1 yêu6
- Sinological IPA (key): /jœːŋ¹³ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊk̚⁵ jɵy̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
[edit]養精蓄銳
- to recuperate and build up energy
- 紅軍雖弱,卻養精蓄銳,以逸待勞。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1936, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《中國革命戰爭的戰略問題》 (Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Hóngjūn suī ruò, què yǎngjīngxùruì, yǐyìdàiláo. [Pinyin]
- But the Red Army, though weak, has conserved its strength and stored up its energy, and is waiting at its ease [for the fatigued enemy].
红军虽弱,却养精蓄锐,以逸待劳。 [MSC, simp.]
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