- to preserve and nurture one's spirit (idiom); honing one's strength for the big push
Characters
- 养 (養): to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth
- 精 (精): essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic)
- 蓄 (蓄): to store up; to grow (e.g. a beard); to entertain (ideas)
- 锐 (銳): acute
Resources
- Wiktionary: 养精蓄锐
- MDBG: 养精蓄锐
- Examples with 养精蓄锐 on Tatoeba
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