- lit. to sharpen one's spear only before going into battle (idiom)
- fig. to make preparations only at the last moment
Characters
- 临 (臨): to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before
- 阵 (陣): disposition of troops; wave; spate; burst; spell; short period of time; classifier for events or states of short duration
- 磨 (磨): to rub; to grind; to polish; to sharpen; to wear down; to die out; to waste time; to pester; to insist
- 枪 (槍): surname Qiang
Resources
- Wiktionary: 临阵磨枪
- MDBG: 临阵磨枪
- Examples with 临阵磨枪 on Tatoeba
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