Mend the scales and nourish the claws
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Xi ū L í NY ǎ ngzh ǎ o, which means maintaining and accumulating combat effectiveness.
Idiom explanation
It refers to maintaining and accumulating combat effectiveness.
Mend the scales and nourish the claws
heart startled and gallbladder broken -- extremely frightened - jīng xīn liè dǎn
Criticizing the scale and asking for the sword - pī lín qǐng jiàn
Beating people and swearing at dogs - dǎ rén mà gǒu