养精蓄锐 (養精蓄銳)
yǎng jīng xù ruì
Pinyin
Definition
养精蓄锐 (養精蓄銳)
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- to preserve and nurture one's spirit (idiom); honing one's strength for the big push
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 wonderful
- 2 marvelous
- 3 brilliant
- 1 spirit
- 2 mind
- 3 consciousness
- 4 thought
- 5 mental
- 6 psychological
- 7 essence
- 8 gist
- 9 classifier: 个 gè
- 1 delicate
- 2 fine
- 3 refinement
- 1 carefully chosen
- 2 handpicked
- 3 best of the bunch
- 4 choice (product)
- 5 concentration (mining)
- 6 to concentrate
- 7 to winnow
- 1 old but still full of vitality (idiom)
Idioms (20)
兵精粮足
- 1 elite soldiers, ample provisions (idiom); well-prepared forces
- 2 preparations for war are in an advanced state
兼收并蓄
- 1 incorporating diverse things (idiom)
- 2 eclectic
- 3 all-embracing
博而不精
- 1 extensive but not refined (idiom); to know something about everything
- 2 jack-of-all-trades, master of none
业精于勤
- 1 mastery of study lies in diligence (idiom). You can only master a subject by assiduous study.
- 2 Excellence in work is only possible with diligence.
- 3 Practice makes perfect.
殚精极虑
- 1 to exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity (idiom); to think sth through thoroughly
- 2 to rack one's brains
- 3 to leave no stone unturned