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养精蓄锐

yǎng jīng xù ruì

4-character word Traditional 養精蓄銳

What 养精蓄锐 means

1. to preserve and nurture one's spirit (idiom); honing one's strength for the big push

The characters in 养精蓄锐

• 养yǎngto raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets)
• 精jīngessence; extract; vitality
• 蓄xùto store up; to grow (e.g. a beard); to entertain (ideas)
• 锐ruìacute