兵马未动，粮草先行 (兵馬未動，糧草先行)
bīng mǎ wèi dòng , liáng cǎo xiān xíng
Pinyin

Definition

兵马未动，粮草先行 (兵馬未動，糧草先行)
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bīng mǎ wèi dòng , liáng cǎo xiān xíng
  1. before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers
  2. an army marches on its stomach

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

先
xiān
  1. 1 early
  2. 2 prior
  3. 3 former
  4. 4 in advance
  5. 5 first
先生
Xiān sheng
  1. 1 Mister (Mr.)
兵器
bīng qì
  1. 1 weaponry
  2. 2 weapons
  3. 3 arms
排行
pái háng
  1. 1 to rank
  2. 2 ranking
  3. 3 seniority (among siblings)
旅行
lǚ xíng
  1. 1 to travel
  2. 2 journey
  3. 3 trip
  4. 4 classifier: 趟 tàng
  5. 5 classifier: 次 cì
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一传十，十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
  1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一则以喜，一则以忧
yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu
  1. 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)