Definitions

1. 1. lit. train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning (idiom)
2. 2. 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 yòng – to use
• 在 zài – (located) at
• 一朝 yī zhāo – one morning