Definitions

1. 1. to train troops

Components

• 养 yǎng – to raise (animals)
• 兵 bīng – soldiers

Related Words

• 养兵千日，用在一朝 yǎng bīng qiān rì , yòng zài yī zhāo – lit. train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning (idiom)
• 养兵千日，用兵一时 yǎng bīng qiān rì , yòng bīng yī shí – lit. Train an army for a thousand days to use it for an hour. (idiom); fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off
• 养兵千日，用在一时 yǎng bīng qiān rì , yòng zài yī shí – see 養兵千日，用兵一時|养兵千日，用兵一时[yang3 bing1 qian1 ri4 , yong4 bing1 yi1 shi2]