Cultivate food and accumulate grass
It is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t ú NLI á NGJ ī C ǎ o, which means to store grain and forage. From the romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong of Ming Dynasty.
Idiom usage
Prepare for war
The origin of Idioms
The 70th chapter of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong of Ming Dynasty: "there is a mountain here, named tiandang mountain. The mountain is the place where Cao Cao gathers food and grass."
Idiom explanation
Store grain and forage.
Cultivate food and accumulate grass
to breed calamity for the future - zòng hǔ guī shān
said of a loyal counsellor who gives admonition to the emperor in person - miàn shé tíng zhèng