lit. not to dig a well until one is thirsty; to be unprepared and seek help at the last minute (idiom)
trad. 臨渴掘井
Also written 臨渴掘井【lín kě jué jǐng】
Characters in this word
4临
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to face, to overlook, to arrive, to be (just) about to, just before
- Pinyin
- lín
- Traditional
- 臨
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2068 of 2500
渴
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thirsty
- Pinyin
- kě
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 12000 of 2500
掘
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to dig
- Pinyin
- jué
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 24858 of 2500
井
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Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy, surname Jing
- Pinyin
- Jǐng
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 11654 of 2500