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临阵磨枪

lín zhèn mó qiāng

4-character word Traditional 臨陣磨槍

What 临阵磨枪 means

  1. (lit.) to sharpen one's spear only before going into battle (idiom)
  2. (fig.) to make preparations only at the last moment

The characters in 临阵磨枪

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