Definitions

1. 1. lit. Train an army for a thousand days to use it for an hour. (idiom); fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off

Components

• 养兵 yǎng bīng – to train troops
• 千 qiān – thousand
• 日 Rì – PN:abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan
• 用兵 yòng bīng – resort to arms
• 一时 yī shí – a period of time