厚积薄发 — Chinese idiom
厚积薄发
hòu jī bó fā
Traditional: 厚積薄發
Meaning
- lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly
- good preparation is the key to success
- to be well prepared
Character by character
- 厚hòugenerous; substantial; deep (as a friendship)
- 积jīto store up, to amass, to accumulate
- 薄bóthin, slight; meager, weak; poor, stingy
- 发fāto issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
Idioms sharing a character
- 厚古薄今 hòu gǔ bó jīn
- 厚德载物 hòu dé zài wù
- 厚死薄生 hòu sǐ bó shēng
- 得天独厚 dé tiān dú hòu
- 未可厚非 wèi kě hòu fēi
- 深情厚意 shēn qíng hòu yì
- 隆情厚谊 lóng qíng hòu yì
- 高官厚禄 gāo guān hòu lù
- 厝火积薪 cuò huǒ jī xīn
- 堆积如山 duī jī rú shān
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