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兵马未动，粮草先行

bīng mǎ wèi dòng , liáng cǎo xiān xíng

9-character word Traditional 兵馬未動，糧草先行

What 兵马未动，粮草先行 means

1. before the troops move, fodder and provisions go first (idiom); logistics comes before military maneuvers
2. an army marches on its stomach

The characters in 兵马未动，粮草先行

• 兵bīngsoldiers; a force; an army
• 马mǎhorse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
• 未wèinot yet; did not; have not
• 动dòng(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace
• 粮liánggrain; food; provisions
• 草cǎograss; straw; manuscript
• 先xiānbeforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now
• 行xíng(bound form) to walk; to go; to travel; (literary) trip; journey; visit…