prepare for the war

prepare for the war

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Xu ǎ Nb ī NGM ò m ǎ, which means to select weapons to feed horses. To prepare for war. It comes from the letter of zhunjiaoyan written by Ouyang Xiu of Song Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Song Ouyang Xiu's Zhun Zhao Yan Shi Shang Shu said, "if the imperial edict encourages the generals to select troops and enter the western world, but they can defeat the Hao bandits for a while, then our army will be greatly strengthened and our army will be defeated."

Analysis of Idioms

Li Bing

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive; used in writing