養精蓄銳

Chinese

		give birth; keep (pets); to support give birth; keep (pets); to support; to bring sb. up; to raise (pig, etc.)	energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient	to store	acute
trad. (養精蓄銳)		養	精	蓄	銳
simp. (养精蓄锐)		养	精	蓄	锐

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎngjīngxùruì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˇ ㄐㄧㄥ ㄒㄩˋ ㄖㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁵ zing¹ cuk¹ jeoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎngjīngxùruì
    • 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/
• 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/

Idiom

養精蓄銳

1. to recuperate and build up energy

   • 紅軍雖弱，卻養精蓄銳，以逸待勞。 [MSC, trad.]
     红军虽弱，却养精蓄锐，以逸待劳。 [MSC, simp.]

     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].