to preserve and nurture one's spirit (idiom); honing one's strength for the big push
trad. 養精蓄銳
Also written 養精蓄銳【yǎng jīng xù ruì】
Characters in this word
4养
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to raise (animals), to bring up (children), to keep (pets), to support, to give birth
- Pinyin
- yǎng
- Traditional
- 養
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 3496 of 2500
精
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essence, extract, vitality, energy, semen, sperm, mythical goblin spirit, highly perfected, elite, the pick of sth, proficient (refined ability), extremely (fine), selected rice (archaic)
- Pinyin
- jīng
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 9150 of 2500
蓄
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to store up, to grow (e.g. a beard), to entertain (ideas)
- Pinyin
- xù
- Strokes
- 13
锐
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acute
- Pinyin
- ruì
- Traditional
- 銳
- Strokes
- 12