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 ㄐㄧㄥㄒㄩˋ ㄖㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁵ zing¹ cuk¹ jeoi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yǎngjīngxùruì
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˇ ㄐㄧㄥㄒㄩˋ ㄖㄨㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeangjingshiwruey
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yǎngjingsyùruèi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ ɕy⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐweɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - 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): /jœ̽ːŋ¹³ t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊk̚⁵ jɵy̯²²/

Idiom

養精蓄銳

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].

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