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Open the tool →谷马砺兵 (gǔ mǎ lì bīng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to feed horses and sharpen weapons”.
谷马砺兵 is pronounced gǔ mǎ lì bīng in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 谷马砺兵 means “Feed horses, sharpen weapons”. It is used to mean “to feed horses and sharpen weapons”.
犹言秣马厉兵。