养兵千日,用兵一时 meaning in Chinese
A thousand days the country nurtures its soldiers and all for one day's battle. br>Armies are to be maintained for years but used on a single day. br>Armies are to be maintained in the course of long years,but to be used in the nick of time. br>maintain soldiers a thousand days for one hour's service br>Troops are kept a thousand days to be used on one day. br>train troops for a thousand days and use them in an emergency br>You maintain troops for a thousand days,and use them only one day. br>